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PENICILLIN

In 1928, Scottish researcher Alexander Fleming was desperately trying to develop a 'wonder drug' that could cure several kinds of bacterial diseases.

Ironically, it was only when he discarded his experiments in his notoriously untidy laboratory that he found what he was looking for - a blob of mould had started growing on his test dishes, killing a wide range of harmful bacteria.

Fleming's memorable reaction was a wry: 'That's funny.'

'Without that discovery, bacterial infections would be much more life-threatening than they currently are, and some types of cancer treatment wouldn't be possible at all,' Dr Osborne explained.

Less than a year later, in March 1929, penicillin was released

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3 comments:

Becca Shogunle8 January 2016 at 05:10
This is one of the greatest discovery in medicine. it has saved so many lives especially during the world war.
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Warri boy8 January 2016 at 05:12
see as the man face be like penicillin ojuju face.him family na billionaires for this discovery
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Dr Ross8 January 2016 at 05:14
This is one of the greatest break through and discovery in mid modern medicine. This discovery saved so many lives that had broad spectrum infection.today we have so many cocktails of antibiotics.research is still on going for more effective antibiotics.
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