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Paul Langerhans
Paul Langerhans in 1878
Born(1847-07-25)25 July 1847
Berlin, Prussia
Died20 July 1888(1888-07-20) (aged 40)
Funchal, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Pathologist, physiologist, biologist

Paul Langerhans (25 July 1847 – 20 July 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans.

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hormones that help the body break down and use food. They were noticed by Paul Langerhans, a German medical student, in 1869; these clusters throughout the pancreas...

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1847

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1900) Max Liebermann, German painter, printmaker (d. 1935) July 25 – Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, biologist (d. 1888) August 3 – John Hamilton-Gordon...

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Medical Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University Athens 2017: Paul-Langerhans Medal of the German Diabetes Society (DDG) 2018: G. B. Morgagni Prize...

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Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer (d. 1916) 1847 – Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888) 1848 – Arthur...

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pathologist. Paul Eston Lacy (1924–2005), former chairperson of pathology at Washington University and diabetes researcher. Paul Langerhans (1847–1888)...

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season, the first Act to offer any protection to British wild birds. Paul Langerhans discovers the pancreatic islets. Friedrich Miescher discovers deoxyribonucleic...

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