The jewelry shows the three-dimensional structure of insulin in 1.2 mm silver wire. The two protein threads, A & B, are enamelled yellow and red respectively.

Insulin is a hormone which lowers blood sugar levels.Sir Frederick Banting and John McLeod were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923 for the discovery of insulin. F. Sanger för att ha bestämt insulinets aminosyrasekvens, en upptäckt som var grundläggande för framställningen av syntetiskt insulin.