Alexander Fleming’s work has helped countless people over the last nine decades.
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Antibiotic-munching microbes may prove useful for mopping up contaminated water supplies and land.
We’ve been told for a long time that we must take all of our antibiotics. But maybe we didn’t need so many to begin with. Here’s why.
Good science isn’t rooted in chance. It’s based on people with expertise being in the right place at the right time, equipped with enough knowledge to know what they’re looking at.
The serendipitous discovery of penicillin is a testament to the importance of observation.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. Ever since then we have been searching for new antibiotics.
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