It was Chain who begged Florey to apply for a patent for penicillin, arguing accurately that American corporations would illegitimately benefit from the Britons’ discovery if the Dunn School did ...

Production ramped up and in 1945, Fleming, Florey and Chain received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases." ...

Penicillin has since saved more than 80 million lives. In 1945, Fleming, Florey and Chain received the Nobel Prize for their ...

THE MOLD IN DR. FLOREY'S COAT: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle. By Eric Lax. John Macrae Books/Henry Holt, 307 pp. $25. WHEN France surrendered to the invading Nazis in the summer of 1940 ...

Chain and Oxford pathologist Howard Florey were instantly intrigued by Fleming’s bacteria-killing mold, and after that, their research proceeded quickly. By 1940, the Oxford research group, which also ...

In Britain, critics complain that Fleming got a bigger share than he deserved of the credit for penicillin—that more should have gone to Sir Howard Florey and Dr. Ernst Chain, who first took it ...

Two investigators at Oxford, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, conveyed the inherent potential of penicillin for medical use and, along with Fleming, shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

The development of penicillin led to the discovery of various antibiotics that are still used today. Penicillin also made possible many innovative advances in modern surgery, such as skin grafts and ...

Penicillin was discovered by Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming, Australian pathologist Howard Florey and British biochemist Ernst Boris Chain, for which they received a Nobel Prize.

Penicillin has since saved more than 80 million lives. In 1945, Fleming, Florey and Chain received the Nobel Prize for their contributions to penicillin’s discovery and applications.