title: My journey from wool research to insulin.
abstract: This paper is an autobiographical study of the author's early work on the chemical cross-linking of proteins as well as on oligomer and peptide synthesis from 1949 in Heidelberg until the synthesis of insulin in 1963 in Aachen.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut, Aachen, Germany. contact@dwi.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zahn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007328:Insulin / Q000266:history*; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000266:history; D014935:Wool / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D007328:Insulin; D010455:Peptides