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1928 – Alexander Fleming notices that a certain mold could stop the duplication of bacteria, leading to the first antibiotic: penicillin. 1933 – Hybrid corn is commercialized. 1942 – Penicillin is mass-produced in microbes for the first time. 1950 – The first synthetic antibiotic is created.
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.
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.
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Alexander Fleming, M.D. (1824 Edinburgh – 21 August 1875) was a Scottish physician, educator, researcher and author whose research led to the development of Fleming's tincture. Born in Scotland, Fleming studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh , where he graduated in 1844.
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Alexander Patterson Fleming (October 27, 1849 – December 15, 1920) was an American politician who served concurrently in the California State Assembly and on the Los Angeles City Council. [1] He was the author of AB 626, which abolished the State Normal School at Los Angeles and created the Southern Branch of the University of California ...