Breakthrough by Thea Cooper, Arthur Ainsberg

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/124249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breakthrough Author: Thea Cooper, Arthur Ainsberg Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins Release date: 06-29-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 35 ratings Genres: History & Commentary Publisher's Summary: It is 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the 11-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a death sentence. The only accepted form of treatment - starvation - whittles her down to 45 pounds, skin and bones. Miles away, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage to identify and purify insulin from animal pancreases - a miracle soon marred by scientific jealousy, intense business competition, and fistfights.