BBC4 年
Sir Alexander Fleming - the discovery of penicillin (signed - dramatisation)
On this show it’s the turn of Sir Alexander Fleming, who describes how in 1928 he discovered penicillin, which kills some bacteria responsible for serious human infections. The most important ...
BBC4 年
Sir Alexander Fleming - the discovery of penicillin (dramatisation)
On this show it’s the turn of Sir Alexander Fleming, who describes how in 1928 he discovered penicillin, which kills some bacteria responsible for serious human infections. The most important ...
The Scientist23 天
How a Moldy Cantaloupe Took Fleming’s Penicillin from Discovery to Mass Production
“Penicillin is, I would argue, the single most important medication that's ever been introduced,” said Robert Gaynes, an infectious disease physician and medical historian at Emory University. “It ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8 天
The ‘Penicillin Girls’ Made One of the World’s Most Life-Saving Discoveries Possible
The true, forgotten and sometimes-stinky history of the cohort who took Alexander Fleming's innovation and forever changed ...
PBS8 年
Fleming discovers penicillin
He discovered lysozyme ... He published a report on penicillin and its potential uses in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. Fleming worked with the mold for some time, but refining ...
来自MSN5 个月
Japan biochemist who discovered statins, Akira Endo, dies
Statins didn't exist before Endo," Hasumi told AFP. "It has the same value and impact as the discovery of penicillin." Johns Hopkins Medicine says more than 200 million people take statins.
BBC3 年
Plaque in Newbury commemorates first penicillin patient
He was transferred to Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary, where he was treated with the newly-discovered antibiotic, and showed immediate improvement. However, penicillin could not be isolated in time ...