Frederick Banting An article he read about the pancreas piqued Banting's interest in diabetes. Banting had to give a talk on the pancreas to one of his classes at the University of Western Ontario on November 1, 1920, and he was therefore reading reports that other scientists had written. Research by Naunyn, Minkowski, Opie, Sharpey-Schafer, and others suggested that diabetes resulted from a lack of a protein hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Schafer had named this putative hormone "insulin". The hormone was thought to control the metabolism of sugar; its lack led to an increase of sugar
Banting a number of industrial areas. It is also the home town of the famous Malaysian badminton player Rashid Sidek. Among the places, popular in Banting are: Jugra - former Selangor's Capital (ibu negeri)before Kuala Lumpur - Sultan Abdul Samad ibni Almarhum Tengku Abdullah Bandar Temasha - former Sultan of Selangor Royal Town - Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Syah ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa- the place of birth Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamudin Alam Syah Among the schools, colleges and others institution in Banting are: International School: Fully Residential School: College: Fully Residential College: Polytechnic Other Institutions Banting