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  2. File:Glass phial of British Standard penicillin, London ...

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    Standardisation of drugs such as penicillin is important to ensure the quantity and quality produced and given to patients is consistent all over the world. maker: National Institute for Medical Research Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images Keywords: ampoule; penicillin; Penicillins

  3. File:Penicillin fermentation vessel, England Wellcome ...

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    Penicillin fermentation vessel, England, 1940-1945 Thousands of glass fermentation vessels like this one were used in Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKline) laboratories to produce penicillin. The penicillium mould was grown on the surface of a liquid filled with all the nutrients it needed.

  4. 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.

  5. Penicillin - Wikipedia

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    Penicillin G (benzylpenicillin) was first produced from a penicillium fungus that occurs in nature. The strain of fungus used today for the manufacture of penicillin G was created by genetic engineering to improve the yield in the manufacturing process. None of the other natural penicillins (F, K, N, X, O, U1 or U6) are currently in clinical use.

  6. File:Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468.jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. 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 ...

  8. List of towns in England - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of towns in England.. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs.The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.

  9. List of English inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, science and technology in England continued to develop rapidly in absolute terms. Furthermore, according to a Japanese research firm, over 40% of the world's inventions and discoveries were made in the UK, followed by France with 24% of the world's inventions and discoveries made in France and followed by the US with 20%. [1]