I have been working for many years on the problem of finding substances which would destroy microbes in the body without injuring the cells of the body.
— Alexander Fleming Modern

Discovery of penicillin

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Explaining his research focus

Date / Period

1920s

Category

Shocking

Source

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2305886/

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Cross Reference

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