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28th September 1928: Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-09-27 21:05:06
Description: On the 28th September 1928, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming laid for the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine when he discovered the world’s first antibiotic. Penicillin – which Fleming originally referred to as ‘mould juice’ – was initially met with little attention or enthusiasm by the medical establishment. However, the early 1940s saw research by Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford raise the profile of the drug and begin mass-production to treat Allied casualties in the Second World War. Fleming was always very modest about his contribution to the development of penicillin, and ...
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