Looksmaxxing, weight loss, and muscle building have fueled a massive craze for injectable peptides. Some natural and some synthetic. These injectables have unleashed a multi-billion-dollar gray-market industry online and a high-stakes frontier for the pharmaceutical industry.
Today, we reach back to the quest to manufacture the first peptide-based medicine: Insulin.
Guests:
Alison Li, historian of science and medicine, author of
J. B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada: Extracts and EnterpriseGrant Maltman, curator of Banting House National Historic Site
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