Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the rare strain of mold that would eventually yield the groundbreaking antibiotic penicillin on Sept. 3, 1928, nearly 100 years ago.

Well before his discovery of penicillin, Alexander Fleming was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. Less well known is that he also painted with living organisms. Corbis Even to scientists, the question ...

Alexander Fleming spotted penicillin in a mouldy dish in 1928, but could not turn it into medicine. For over a decade, the greatest drug in history sat almost forgotten.

The story of penicillin has a remarkable Greek connection through Amalia Fleming, a doctor who worked alongside Alexander ...

While most people credit Alexander Fleming for the discovery of antibiotics, ancient texts suggest that he likely wasn’t the first to leverage bacteria as medicine. Long before Alexander Fleming’s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In September 1928, British ...

Penicillin’s 1928 discovery transformed medicine, but rising antimicrobial resistance now threatens the effectiveness of life ...

Penicillin was the world's first antibiotic, a type of medication that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. After Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in a petri dish containing ...

After returning from a short vacation in September 1928, Alexander Fleming cleaned up his lab at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, as most scientists do. Several petri dishes sat on his bench, containing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Germ theory was never a given. This now-commonplace idea — the notion that human diseases can be sparked by tiny pathogens ...

Decades after antibiotics transformed medicine, the bacteria these drugs were designed to target have evolved significant ...