title: History of insulin.
abstract: The advancement of diabetes treatment has gone from crude extracts of insulin and accidental discovery of sulfa-like drugs in antibiotics to the development of drugs based on improved understanding of the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. This article will review the history of the discovery and development of insulin. A companion focusing on non-insulin diabetes agents will follow in the next issue of JCHIMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Celeste C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Quianzon
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cheikh
keywords: diabetes medication; history; review