1929Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

Alexander Fleming: Penicillin, the first beta-lactam antibio...
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🧪 Alexander Fleming's Accidental Penicillin Discovery

September 3: Accidental rediscovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.
Alexander Fleming's Accidental Penicillin Discovery (1928)
MedicineAntibioticsDiscoveryAlexander FlemingHealthcareInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology
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🔬 Penicillin Discovery by Alexander Fleming

Penicillin is first observed to exude antibiotic substances by Nobel laureate Alexander Fleming. Development of medicinal Penicillin is attributed to a team of medics and scientists including Howard Walter Florey, Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley.
Penicillin Discovery by Alexander Fleming (1928)
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🧪 Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin (1929)
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⚛️ James Chadwick Discovers the Neutron

The neutron is discovered by James Chadwick.
James Chadwick Discovers the Neutron (1932)
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💊 Penicillin Mass Production Begins

Howard Florey Mass production of penicillin
Penicillin Mass Production Begins (1945)
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👶 First IVF Baby Born

July: Louise Brown is the first child successfully born after her mother received in vitro fertilisation treatment.
First IVF Baby Born (1978)
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