No other drug has had a greater impact on the world than the discovery of penicillin in 1928. Penicillin and other antibiotics that followed made curable bacterial infections that killed people 70 years ago. While Alexander Fleming is credited with penicillin’s discovery, many people contributed to the work of making penicillin the wonder drug it has come to be knows as.
In 1928 Fleming was doing research on staphylococci. During his research one of his cultures was contaminated with airborne mold particles. Fleming left on vacation for a month and upon his return noticed the contaminated culture. He noticed a clear area around the mold that prevented the bacteria from growing. He realized that the mold must hav
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