Fleming discovers penicillin 1928 - 1945 Photo: Alexander Fleming's photo of the dish with bacteria and Penicillin mold Alexander Fleming returned to his research laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital ...

A small container full of mold involved in Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin from nearly 100 years ago will soon go to auction.

The ‘Penicillin Girls’ Made One of the World’s Most Life-Saving Discoveries Possible The true, forgotten and sometimes-stinky history of the cohort who took Alexander Fleming’s innovation ...

Alexander Fleming first observed the antibacterial effects of Penicillium mold in 1928, but the first attempts to treat humans with penicillin did not occur until more than a decade later.

Fleming created the medallion as a gift for his niece and inscribed it with the message: "The mold that made penicillin / Alexander Fleming." ...

Penicillin was the world's first antibiotic and was vital for creating medicines to kill bacterial infections. But who was Alexander Fleming and how did he make this amazing discovery nearly 100 ...

Fleming announced his discovery’s infection-fighting potential to little fanfare and then, with the help of two young researchers, tried purifying penicillin in the 1930s, but he was unsuccessful.