Leonard Thompson, a 14 yr old boy, was the first patient who was successfully treated with insulin for diabetic ketoacidosis. James Collip administered the injection which was codiscovered by Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip and John Macleod.

James Collip, one of the co-discoverers of insulin, was also one of the first to isolate the parathyroid hormone.

Lionel Messi, the famous Argentinian footballer, was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency as a teenager before the football club FCBarcelona stepped in and paid for his treatment.

Hippocrates,the father of medicine, was amongst the first to diagnose diabetes. He did so by tasting his patient’s urine for a distinct sweetness.

The hormone ‘kisspeptin’ which regulates puberty was first discovered in 1996 at Hershey, Pennsylvania which is the home of the famous chocolate Hershey’s kisses – Hence the name

Frederick Banting, who was the co-discoverer of insulin, is the youngest Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine to date receiving his Nobel prize at the age of 32 years.

The parathyroid glands were first discovered in the Indian Rhinoceros by Richard Owen in 1852