Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an
accidental discovery led to one of the great developments
of modern medicine on September 3, 1928.

He identified the mold as penicillium notatum, similar to
the kind found on bread.

In 1929, Fleming introduced his mold by-product called
penicillin to cure bacterial infections.

Dr. Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon and Charles
Best, a medical student. 

Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles
Best at the University of Toronto. They worked to isolate an
extract from a dog’s pancreas that could lower blood sugar
in other diabetic dogs.

On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to
be conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF)was born at Oldham
and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents
Lesley and Peter Brown.

Today, IVF is considered a mainstream medical treatment for
infertility. Hundreds of thousands of children around the world
have been conceived through the procedure, in some cases
with donor eggs and sperm.

(FOX NEWS) – Paul Simon was forced to cancel a string of
concerts Saturday after suffering an injury.

The "You Can Call Me Al" singer has been "struggling with
chronic and intense back pain," which forced the cancellation
of shows on the East Coast.

The 83-year-old singer will undergo minor surgery in the next
few days to help with ‘chronic and intense’ back pain.

Impact the lives of St. Jude kids – St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital.