Google Doodle celebrates 91³Ô¹Ï's Sir Frederick Banting and the discovery of insulin
Published: November 14, 2016
Today's Google homepage Doodle celebrates the legacy of one of 91³Ô¹Ï’s most renowned researchers Sir Frederick Banting.
The Nov. 14 Doodle commemorates World Diabetes Day and what would have been Banting's 125th birthday. Banting was a physician who along with Charles Best discovered insulin at the 91³Ô¹Ï in 1921, forever changing the way people live with diabetes. Banting was also a Canadian soldier in the First World War.
91³Ô¹Ï Magazine published a story in 2014, detailing Banting’s experience in the war and the discovery of insulin when he returned home.
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