What was the year of John Macleod's birth?
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John Macleod, born in 1876, was a Scottish physiologist and Nobel laureate. Macleod shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923 with Frederick Banting for their discovery of insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. Macleod's expertise in carbohydrate metabolism and his leadership in organizing and directing research contributed significantly to this breakthrough, which revolutionized the treatment of diabetes.
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