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 in London after World War I.

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"The mold that made penicillin, Alexander Fleming." The medallion once belonging to Fleming's niece will go on sale at Bonhams auction house in October . The listing estimates the piece will sell ...

It is expected to fetch $30,000-$50,000 in an online auction that runs from October 13 to 23. Fleming gave a number of similar medallions to public figures such as Pope Pius XII, Queen Elizabeth ...

Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming recognized the potential of Penicillium mold when he found it growing in his less-than-tidy lab at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London in 1928 ...

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

The discovery of penicillin is considered a landmark in medical history, marking the beginning of antibiotic use. In 1928, Englishman Alexander Fleming discovered a strain of mold on some ...