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Paul Langerhans
1847Jul, 25

Paul Langerhans

Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888)
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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