penicillin
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The discoveries of penicillin, radioactivity and weird stars called pulsars all came from odd results that could easily have been dismissed.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
One of the most famous examples is penicillin, the antibiotic originally obtained from a fungus that transformed the treatment of bacterial infections and became one of the most consequential medical discoveries of the last century.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Italian penicillin nonnas have been several centuries ahead of me on that front.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
This reflected portfolio changes, a poor season for sales of cough-and-cold products in Europe, and a hit from lower prices for a key penicillin ingredient, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
“All right, so, B. cepacia is a hardy bacterium. It’s so adaptive that it actually feeds on penicillin instead of being attacked by it. So our first line of defense is...”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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
Others, such as cephalosporins and penicillins, kill bacteria in a time-dependent fashion, based on the length of exposure to the drug.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2011
From the chloroquine family of chemicals, Dr. Craig moved on to the penicillins, which were being produced under a wartime crash program.
From Time Magazine Archive
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