/ en /news/google-doodle-celebrates-u-t-s-sir-frederick-banting-and-discovery-insulin <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Google Doodle celebrates 91³Ô¹Ï's Sir Frederick Banting and the discovery of insulin</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/banting-google_0.jpg?h=aac2632b&amp;itok=8_Y8XT93 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/banting-google_0.jpg?h=aac2632b&amp;itok=zs5K7XMP 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/banting-google_0.jpg?h=aac2632b&amp;itok=8565yokl 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/banting-google_0.jpg?h=aac2632b&amp;itok=8_Y8XT93" alt="google doodle"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-11-14T15:38:28-05:00" title="Monday, November 14, 2016 - 15:38" class="datetime">Mon, 11/14/2016 - 15:38</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/insulin" hreflang="en">Insulin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sir-frederick-banting" hreflang="en">Sir Frederick Banting</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/charles-best" hreflang="en">Charles Best</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/banting-and-best-centre-innovation-and-entrepreneurship" hreflang="en">Banting and Best Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/innovation" hreflang="en">Innovation</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Today's Google homepage Doodle celebrates the legacy of one of 91³Ô¹Ï’s most renowned&nbsp;researchers Sir <strong>Frederick Banting</strong>.</p> <p>The Nov. 14 Doodle commemorates World Diabetes Day and what would have been Banting's 125th birthday. Banting&nbsp;was a physician who along with <strong>Charles Best</strong> 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.</p> <p><em>91³Ô¹Ï Magazine</em>&nbsp;published a story in 2014, detailing Banting’s experience in the war and the discovery of insulin when he returned home.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/changed-by-war-letter-from-the-front-alice-taylor/">Read the<em> 91³Ô¹Ï Magazine </em>story</a></h3> <h3><a href="/news/why-did-u-t-name-its-entrepreneurship-hub-after-banting-and-best">Read about 91³Ô¹Ï's entrepreneurship hub named after Banting and Best</a></h3> <h3><a href="/news/celebrating-90-years-insulin">Read about&nbsp;insulin discovery at 91³Ô¹Ï</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:38:28 +0000 ullahnor 102414 at