Sir Winston Churchill became increasingly frustrated Britain had not been able to produce enough penicillin in preparation ...

Winston Churchill's push to obtain penicillin in time to treat casualties expected from D-Day has come to light in documents ...

On May 25, 1940, lethal doses of streptococci bacteria were used to infect eight mice. Four of these were then administered ...

A West Michigan native can be thanked for the creation of synthetic penicillin, which can be used to make more effective ...

Scientists are probing woolly mammoth and Neanderthal genetic codes for new compounds as today’s drugs lose potency.

RIP George!) On Tuesday night at Fenway part, a silly baseball version of one of these happy accidents occurred when home plate umpire Mike Estabrook, who was running about as hot as the Hindenburg, ...

A mural to the "world hero" who discovered penicillin has been unveiled in his home town 70 years after he died. Darvel native Alexander Fleming will be permanently remembered with the stunning ...

A mural to the "world hero" who discovered penicillin has been unveiled in his home town 70 years after he died. Darvel native Alexander Fleming will be permanently remembered with the stunning mural ...

In a record-breaking sale, a specimen of mold from the original experiments that led to Alexander Fleming’s world-changing discovery of penicillin has scooped $76,000 at auction. Many were ...

A discovery in one of these neglected dishes ... It was auctioned off previously, as part of a lot of Fleming/penicillin memorabilia, in 2017. That lot went for £15,000 (roughly $19,350), and ...

In his lifetime, Fleming realized that his discovery could be endangered by antibiotic resistance and warned of the dangers in his Nobel lecture in 1945. "The time may come when penicillin can be ...