Today, Fleming is often remembered as the lone genius in the lab who, thanks to keen eyes and a strange accident, brought penicillin to the world. In fact, to unlock mold’s true therapeutic ...

By this point, the United States had entered World War II as well. Penicillin's benefits was now known, and the government pushed industry into producing penicillin, recruiting more than 21 ...

2 These scientific advancements would have immediate impact, preventing death from infection for an uncountable number of soldiers towards the end of World War II, but also long-lasting effects whose ...