Prof JJR Macleod was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 100 years ago.
One hundred years ago an Aberdeen scholar was given one of the highest honours in science for a breakthrough which transformed diabetes from a fatal condition to a manageable one.
In the Granite City he was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, and then studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen.Frederick Banting isolated an internal secretion of the pancreasWorking together and after trials the two men published their findings in 1922. Their breakthrough ultimately eased and prolonged the lives of diabetics.On Thursday afternoon, a statue in his honour was unveiled in Aberdeen's Duthie Park to mark 100 years since the prize was conferred.
"As the unsung medical hero that history and the world forgot, JJR Macleod is truly a man who deserves a statue."
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