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In 1928 Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) discovered penicillin, though he did not realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another decade. He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.
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Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering penicillin. The simple discovery and use of the antibiotic agent has saved millions of lives, and earned Fleming – together with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who devised methods for the large-scale isolation and production of penicillin – the 1945 ...
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, whose use as an antibiotic has saved untold millions of lives. Less well-known is that before making this world-changing discovery, he had already made significant life-saving contributions to medical science.
In 1928, at St. Mary's Hospital, London, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. This discovery led to the introduction of antibiotics that greatly reduced the number of deaths from infection. Howard W. Florey, at the University of Oxford working with Ernst B. Chain, Norman G. Heatley and Edward P. Abraham, successfully took penicillin from ...
Sir Alexander Fleming © Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist and Nobel Prize winner, best known for his discovery of penicillin. Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire on 6 August 1881,...
Sir Alexander Fleming, (born Aug. 6, 1881, Lochfield, Ayr, Scot.—died March 11, 1955, London, Eng.), Scottish bacteriologist. While serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I, he conducted research on antibacterial substances that would be nontoxic to humans.
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May 9, 2018 · Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland, 6 August 1881; d. London, England, 11 March 1955) bacteriology. Sir Alexander Fleming ’s professional career was devoted mainly to investigating the human body’s defenses against bacterial infections. Late in life he achieved retrospective fame for discovering penicillin in 1928.
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