As I flailed upon my fever bed recently, I was mumbling her poignant lyrics through my delirium — “I’m holding on for dear ...

On May 25, 1940, lethal doses of streptococci bacteria were used to infect eight mice. Four of these were then administered injections of penicillin, helping them to survive days to weeks, even as the ...

The use of penicillin during the second world war was highly effective in reducing the ill effects of infections in wounded soldiers, particularly between D-day in June 1944 and VE day in May 1945.

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.

We don’t often think of fungi in pharma, but that is, of course, where penicillin comes from. The antibiotic substance earned three of its discoverers — Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey and ...

>A 15-year-old boy with a bad streptococcic infection of the hip showed no improvement after large doses of sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine. Then penicillin was dripped continuously into his veins.

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 ...

In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming revolutionised the world of medicine when he discovered penicillin. ... Thanks to the work of two other scientists, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, ...

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 ...

The 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of penicillin, awarded to chemist Ernst Chain, ... Fleming’s findings went unpursued until 1939 when Chain, in collaboration with Howard Florey ...