News Headline

A potentially powerful new antibiotic is discovered in dirt

Source
Chicago Tribune

Publication Date
2018-02-14

The modern medical era began when an absent-minded British scientist named Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to find that one of the petri dishes he forgot to put away was covered in a bacteria-killing mold. He had discovered penicillin, the world's first antibiotic.

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