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  2. History of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    Glass phial of British Standard penicillin. The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first ...

  3. Discovery of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    Sample of penicillin mould presented by Alexander Fleming to Douglas Macleod in 1935. The discovery of penicillin was one of the most important scientific discoveries in the history of medicine. Ancient societies used moulds to treat infections and in the following centuries many people observed the inhibition of bacterial growth by moulds.

  4. Olio (app) - Wikipedia

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    Olio is a mobile app for sharing by giving away, getting, borrowing or lending things in your community for free, aiming to reduce household [1] [2] and food waste. It does this by connecting neighbours with spare food or household items to others nearby who wish to pick up those items. The food must be edible; it can be raw or cooked, sealed ...

  5. 7 Food Waste Apps for Saving Money *and* the Planet - AOL

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    Food waste is a serious problem. It’s estimated at being between 30 to 40 percent of the entire food supply in the United States, and nearly 80 billion pounds of wasted food per year.

  6. I Tried Too Good To Go, a Food Waste App. Here's What ... - AOL

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    My first pickup using Too Good To Go was from a local market in my neighborhood called City Feed and Supply. After selecting City Feed on the app, I paid $4.99 for a surprise bag worth $12 and was ...

  7. Too Good To Go - Wikipedia

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    The food on the app is priced at one-third its original price. [24] [25] The company claims this reduces the waste of food that would otherwise be discarded; [26] food waste is a global problem that affects the environment. In three years active, the app reached more than 9.5 million users.

  8. Too Good To Go app fights food waste in a way that’s ... - AOL

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    Too Good To Go connects users with extra or leftover food from local businesses and sells the food at a lowered list price to help fight food waste. Too Good To Go app fights food waste in a way ...

  9. Production of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    Production of antibiotics is a naturally occurring event, that thanks to advances in science can now be replicated and improved upon in laboratory settings. Due to the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, and the efforts of Florey and Chain in 1938, large-scale, pharmaceutical production of antibiotics has been made possible.