To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery and successful purification of insulin (1) at the University of Toronto by Banting, Best, Collip and McLeod in 1921 (earning the Nobel Prize to Banting and McLeod in 1923), Frontiers in Endocrinology organized a special collection related to insulin and insulin-like peptides, with Jeff M.P. Holly and Pierre De Meyts as supervisory editors. The aim was to bring together a collection of articles to celebrate the anniversary and the continued breadth of studies of this remarkable hormone. The articles could be submitted to the various sections of the journal. [...]
De Meyts, P., & Holly, J. M. P. (2023). Editorial: Special 2021 Frontiers in Endocrinology collection for the 100 anniversary of insulin discovery. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1181524 [1-3]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1181524 (Original work published 2023)