Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying of diabetes, was the first human to be injected with a pancreatic extract that was later given the name insulin. Which scientists below are credited with creating this pancreatic extract?

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Banting and Best are credited with creating the pancreatic extract (later named insulin) and successfully treating Leonard Thompson, the first patient with type 1 diabetes to receive insulin injections. Von Mering and Minkowski discovered the link between the pancreas and diabetes but did not create insulin. Macleod and Collip helped Banting and Best purify the insulin extract for human use.

Leonard Thompson, a 14-Year-Old Boy Dying of Diabetes, Was the First