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One of the first doctors to isolate insulin in order to control diabetes in animal trials.He got into Banting's lab with sheer luck, the flip of a coin actually. Had he lost the flip, history could have gone completely differently.He became a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame along with GPS inventor Roger Easton.
BEFORE FAMEHe joined Dr. Frederick Banting's laboratory to assist him in research on insulin.
PERSONAL LIFEHis son, Dr. Henry Best, was president of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.
FUN FACTSDoctor Charles Herbert Best were born on Monday, birthstone is Amethyst, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 57 days until Charles Herbert Best next birthday.
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