By 1943, someone finally did strike gold with the most productive penicillin mold from a musty melon—a mysterious woman history has nicknamed “Moldy Mary.” Alexander Fleming made a number of ...

Alexander Fleming returned to his research laboratory ... began experimenting with the penicillin mold. They took it one step further than Fleming did: they did not just try it topically or ...

Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of a mold with antibacterial properties was only the first serendipitous event on the long road to penicillin as a life-saving drug. Hannah is an Assistant Editor at ...

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares.

The story of penicillin - the first antibiotic used successfully to treat people with serious infectious diseases - begins with a bit of luck. Alexander Fleming, a British scientist, noticed in ...

Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovers that fungus containing penicillin can destroy bacteria. Dr. Tilli Tansey explains Read her words 1940 An Oxford-based team of scientists under Howard ...

Although gene-editing and other techniques can improve the production of microbe-based biologics, AI could push these drugs ...

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 ...

For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928 ... the genes of Penicillium citrinum, a mold commonly found on citrus fruits—to discover ...

As part of celebrations to mark 100 years since the discovery of penicillin, a mural to Alexander Fleming has been unveiled in Darvel. A mural to the "world hero" who discovered penicillin has ...

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 ...