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Sir Ernst Boris Chain FRS FRSA (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist who, with pathologist Howard Walter Florey, isolated and purified penicillin (which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming) and performed the first clinical trials of the antibiotic.
Howard Walter Florey (1898–1968) and Ernst Boris Chain (1906–1979) were the scientists who followed up most successfully on Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, sharing with him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 was awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Jun 27, 2018 · Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979) was one of three men (Australian biochemist Howard Walter Florey and Scottish chemist Alexander Fleming completed the trio) who discovered and developed the first antibiotic, penicillin. Chain's parents were Russian Jews who had emigrated to Berlin, Germany.
Born: 19 June 1906, Berlin, Germany. Died: 12 August 1979, Mulrany, Ireland. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”. Prize share: 1/3.
One hour later four of the mice were given sub-cutaneous injections of penicillin. In the morning the untreated mice were dead. Those treated with penicillin were fine and survived for days to weeks. The anecdotal tale is that when Chain arrived and saw the live mice he danced in excitement.
