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1. Frederick G Banting all went to the same University - The University of Toronto

2. Frederick G Banting and the other scientists were not the first ones to look into insulin, Naunyn, Minkowski, and a few others originally did some research into it, but that was it - research.

3. Frederick G Banting lost a childhood friend to diabetes, which is thought to have an impact on why he went on to discover diabetes.

4. Banting originally was going to do arts before he failed and witched to medicine.

5. Banting was so dedicated to finding a treatment for diabetes, he sold his car so he could further fund their research.

6. Banting was the youngest medical doctor and first Canadian to recieve a Nobel Prize.