penicillin
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The enzyme can digest particular polyesters and biodegradable plastics, but it has another unexpected ability: it can also break down penicillin, suggesting a possible connection to antibiotic resistance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Italian penicillin nonnas have been several centuries ahead of me on that front.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Lifeline follows the story of Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington in 1928, weaving his historical journey with a contemporary narrative centred on a junior doctor in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
It’s around 3 p.m. on a Thursday, and Joni Gonzalez, a nurse, has just learned to make the perfect batch of penicillin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Inside the medicine cabinet, three Extra Strength Tylenol, a box of Imodium, some Midol, and an old bottle of penicillin, which I’m mildly allergic to.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Some bacteria have developed the ability to break down beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillins and cephalosporins, making them ineffective.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
"The fungus growing on the hedgehog was releasing penicillins," explained Prof Holmes.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2022
The second were synthetic penicillins, modified in the lab to resist the bugs' enzymes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2013
It steadily gained resistance against entire classes of antibiotics: first the penicillins in the 1960s, then the tetracyclines in the 1980s, and Cipro and its chemical cousins, known as fluoroquinolones, in the 1990s.
From Scientific American ● May 4, 2012
And its successful com mercial synthesis offered hope of another breakthrough: development of nontoxic penicillins that can be administered with safety to allergic patients.
From Time Magazine Archive
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