Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia
Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [2] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
Alexander Fleming | Biography, Education, Discovery, Nobel Prize ...
2024年11月8日 · Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist best known for his discovery of penicillin in 1928, which started the antibiotic revolution. He was recognized for that achievement in 1945, when he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Howard Walter Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.
How Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin - ThoughtCo
2018年5月7日 · In 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery from an already discarded, contaminated Petri dish. The mold that had contaminated the experiment turned out to contain a powerful antibiotic, penicillin.
Alexander Fleming - Penicillin, Quotes & Facts - Biography
2014年4月2日 · Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, receiving the Nobel Prize in 1945.
Discovery and Development of Penicillin - American Chemical Society
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.
Discovery of Penicillin - World History Encyclopedia
2024年6月20日 · The age of antibiotics began in September 1928, with the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), then a professor of bacteriology at St. Mary's Hospital in London. Previously there were no effective treatments against a range of bacterial infections from pneumonia to sepsis.
Alexander Fleming - Science History Institute
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.
National Treasure: The Mold Behind the Miracle of Penicillin
5 天之前 · A little more information. Discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, penicillin became the first true antibiotic in the field of medicine. It all started when Fleming noticed that a mold – Penicillium notatum –had contaminated his Petri dish and killed surrounding bacteria.
Sir Alexander Fleming – Biographical - NobelPrize.org
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"
My publication in 1929 was the starting-point of the work of others who developed penicillin especially in the chemical field. Penicillin was not the first antibiotic I happened to discover. In 1922, I described lysozyme - a powerful antibacterial ferment which had a most extraordinary lytic effect on some bacteria.