Nicolae Paulescu

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    • 6 October, 2010 at 12:57 pm #5963
      Tim
      Keymaster

      Should Nicolae Paulescu be credited with discovering insulin / pancreine, or was he just and old fraud? Should anyone care?

    • 6 October, 2010 at 1:23 pm #7247
      Stephen
      Participant

      He was doing the same experiments as the alleged discoverers 4 or 5 years before they were. It’s all on record and I think he even registered a trademark / patent regarding it.

      He’s a hero!

      But no, no one should care as he’s long dead :)

    • 6 October, 2010 at 1:29 pm #7249
      Tim
      Keymaster

      Yeah, maybe, but he didn’t come up with an actual clinical use – like what Banting et al came up with. Therefore he’s an old fraud ;-)

    • 6 October, 2010 at 1:31 pm #7252
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Never heard of him. I credit the dog used though.

    • 6 October, 2010 at 1:33 pm #7253
      Tim
      Keymaster

      The dog that lasted the longest in the early experimental days was called Marjorie and became a bit of a lab pet – until it died.

    • 7 October, 2010 at 5:33 am #7262
      Hairy Gnome
      Participant

      Don’t know. Don’t care, but bloody glad it happened! :)

    • 7 October, 2010 at 8:08 am #7263
      Tim
      Keymaster

      Well quite, Terry!

    • 8 October, 2010 at 10:59 am #7274
      Neville the Newshound
      Keymaster

      @tim – just as well you can’t libel dead people, eh?

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