penicillin
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Founded in 1874 by a group of friends in a dancing club, Hearts has been playing organized soccer since before the great Scottish inventions of the telephone, penicillin, or the deep-fried Mars bar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
The discovery began with an unexpected laboratory result, similar to many famous scientific breakthroughs including X-rays, penicillin, Viagra and modern weight loss medications.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin after mould accidentally contaminated a laboratory dish and killed surrounding bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 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 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
They are also closely related to the penicillins.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2011
To Dr. J. George Feinberg, a U.S. immunologist working at Britain's Beecham Research Laboratories, the killing power of penicillins made no sense.
From Time Magazine Archive
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