John Exton

  • Vanderbilt University

    Diabetes discoveries: Transforming understanding and care

    Prior to insulin’s introduction to the clinic in 1922, life expectancy after a type 1 diabetes diagnosis was only one to two years. Even after insulin, without the understanding and technology we have today, managing diabetes was a struggle. Read More

    Mar. 7, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt mourns loss of renowned scientist Exton

    John H. Exton, MBChB, MD, PhD, professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, emeritus at Vanderbilt University, whose research provided fundamental insights into how many biologically active compounds control cellular physiology, died Dec. 18. He was 89. Dr. Exton was a member of the Vanderbilt University faculty from 1964 until his… Read More

    Dec. 29, 2022