{"product_id":"9781039707856","title":"Meet Frederick Banting (Scholastic Canada Biography)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Frederick Banting — doctor, scientist and Nobel Prize-winner!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Frederick Banting’s remarkable discovery of insulin has changed and saved the lives of millions around the world . . . but that’s only part of his story!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Frederick Banting was young, his friend Jennie became sick. She had diabetes and soon passed away. Fred grew up determined to do something about this terrible disease. He became a surgeon, helping soldiers in World War I. After the war, he practiced family medicine and taught at a nearby university. But Fred still wanted to help people with diabetes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night he was struck by a big idea — a whole new way to treat the disease. Fred convinced a professor at the University of Toronto to give him a lab and an assistant: Charles Best. They worked long hours and finally developed insulin. To this day, insulin is still the only treatment for Type 1 diabetes. It has saved the lives of millions of people around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis newest installment in the award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series again focuses on a someone who shaped both our past and our present. Written by acclaimed non-fiction author Elizabeth MacLeod, the story is brought to life with the comics-inspired illustrations of Mike Deas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth MacLeod (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Scholastic Canada Ltd |  Hardback | Paper over boards |  2025-06-03","offer_id":46573919699199,"sku":"9781039707856","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5b2011aa-55c3-41c8-87d9-f678aec54b34.jpg?v=1742504954","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781039707856","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}