Charles Best (medical scientist) Banting and contributed to the discovery of the pancreatic hormone insulin, which led to an effective treatment for diabetes. In the spring of 1921, Banting travelled to Toronto to visit J.J.R. Macleod, professor of physiology at the University of Toronto, and asked Macleod if he could use his laboratory to isolate pancreatic extracts from dogs. Macleod was initially sceptical, but eventually agreed before leaving on holiday for the summer. Before leaving for Scotland he supplied Banting with ten dogs for experiment and two medical students, Charles Best and Clark Noble, as lab assistants. Since Banting required only one assistant, Best
Kolej MARA Banting Kolej MARA Banting Kolej MARA Banting (; abbreviated KMB or MCB; formerly known as "MRSM Banting") is one of the four pre-university colleges operated by MARA. The school is state funded and headed by a director. It is a top-ranked IB world school, scoring above the international average in candidates with 45 IB points and candidates obtaining higher than 42 IB points. MCB is an International Baccalaureate World School since October 1990. Its history began in 1985 when the GCE A-Level programme was introduced in MARA Junior Science College Seremban (MRSM Seremban, now known as Kolej MARA Seremban). To diversify