Diabetes is a very treatable disease today.

如今，糖尿病是一种很容易治疗的疾病.Iif&pfP#5rtY4uFU;PU。

But historically, people with diabetes did not live very long.

但在过去，糖尿病患者的寿命并不长;iPH~!*69@6Q2kCq。

For many years, the best treatment that doctors could offer was a diet low in sugar.

多年来，医生能提供的最好的治疗方法就是低糖饮食8aEzEiC(Yd^t*w。

In 1921, a Canadian doctor named Frederick Banting started to experiment with the cells in a dog’s pancreas.

1921年，加拿大医生弗雷德里克·班廷开始用狗的胰腺细胞进行实验72(&#W__F;IGh。

He believed that the pancreas was the organ that controlled blood sugar.

他认为胰腺是控制血糖的器官*R9;bIBt1p。

Banting did his research at the University of Toronto with two other scientists named Charles Best and James Collip.

班廷在多伦多大学与另外两位科学家查尔斯·贝斯特、詹姆斯·科利普一起进行了研究ebB3H@9JR=t。

During their research, they found the hormone that the body uses to regulate blood sugar levels.

在研究中，他们发现了身体用来调节血糖水平的激素*l(^#u4%hU+e^。

They used this hormone to create a treatment for diabetes, which we now call insulin.

他们用这种激素创造了一种治疗糖尿病的方法，我们现在称之为胰岛素QfC|nR8YTPH!feW。

In 1923, Banting won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work.

1923年，班廷因此获得了诺贝尔医学奖HK%wvO~zz,0td=^#。