Ngo-2021 sisikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-100 yokufunyanwa kwe-insulin. Ukufunyaniswa kwe-insulin akwanelanga nje ukuguqula ikamva labaguli abanesifo seswekile abasweleke emva kokuxilongwa, kodwa kwakhuthaza ukuqonda kwabantu ngeprotein biosynthesis, ubume bekristale, izifo ezizimelayo kunye neyeza elichanekileyo. Kwiminyaka eyi-100 edlulileyo, bekukho amaBhaso ama-4 eNobel kuphando nge-insulin. Ngoku, ngophononongo olusanda kupapashwa kwiNature Medicine nguCarmella Evans-Molina kunye nabanye, sihlaziya imbali yenkulungwane ye-insulin kunye nemingeni esijongene nayo kwixesha elizayo.