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Insulin “use” in movies.

Tdm said:
There was some scientist who, sometime during ww2 i think it was, was somewhere were insulin supplies, were dodgy and they made their own. Wasn't veggie, though.
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It was China or Hong Kong I think and I believe it was extracted from water buffalo pancreas. Sadly I cannot remember the lady's name but she kept alive a significant community of people with diabetes using it. Very impressive!
 
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