What would the world be like if the uses of penicillin had not been discovered? There is no way of knowing exactly, but one thing is very certain. If the uses of penicillin had not been discovered, many of us would not be around today. Penicillin was the miracle mold that could be used to fight off ...

Sir Alexander Fleming was born in Lochfield, Scotland on August 6th, 1881. He attended St. Mary's Medical School in London. It was in St. Mary's, where Sir Alexander Fleming began his research. Early in his medical life, Fleming became interested in the natural bacterial action of the ...

What is an antibiotic? What is this 'miracle drug' that everyone talks about? There is a lot about antibiotics that we should all be more aware of. The word 'antibiotic' actually means 'anti-life'. The most common definition that we use for an antibiotic is: any su...