Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the rare strain of mold that would eventually yield the groundbreaking antibiotic penicillin on Sept. 3, 1928, nearly 100 years ago.

On September 28, 1928, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Sir Alexander Fleming noticed a bactericidal mold growing in his ...

Nearly a century ago, Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin sparked a revolution in medicine and transformed the fight against infectious diseases. Antibiotics, alongside improvements ...

The most famous accident in the history of medicine happened because a man did not tidy his laboratory before going on holiday. In the late summer of 1928, Alexander Fleming left a stack of Petri ...

In the summer of 1928, Alexander Fleming, an English biologist, accidentally discovered that the mold Penicillium notatum inhibits bacterial growth. Fleming’s serendipitous finding brought ...

In 2026, penicillin is no longer a medical term.A hundred years ago, when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, medicine was certain of victory. It was thought that the war against infectious ...

Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin 98 years ago paved the way for what was described as an "antibiotic revolution” as many previously untreatable bacterial infections met their match - at ...

In 1928, Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin revolutionized medicine, turning once-deadly infections into curable inconveniences. But nearly a century later, that miracle is ...

There are various drugs we use to treat infectious diseases, such as penicillin, amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and doxycycline ...

Well before his discovery of penicillin, Alexander Fleming was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. Less well known is that he also painted with living organisms. Corbis Even to scientists, the question ...

For something that grows so carelessly and freely on our fruits and breads, mass producing the white mold and its hidden wonder drug penicillin was devilishly difficult. After Alexander Fleming’s ...