The discovery of the original antibiotic remains one of the most remarkable success stories in medicine. So why do we know only half the tale?

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Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This ...

The second was penicillin, a discovery of an impact possibly unparalleled by any other in medicine. After Alexander Fleming’s initial discovery of the penicillium mould’s antibiotic properties ...

Alexander Fleming (who died on this day back in 1955 ... And that was how he discovered penicillin! It goes to show that sometimes, when we're not totally focusing our attention on something ...

Last week I mentioned ‘random acts of kindness’ and how they can affect lives for good. The story above in almost certainly not true but illustrates acts of kindness and their possible results. ‘Let ...

2011: A 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 80 miles east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills thousands of people and causes the second worst nuclear accident in history at the Fukushima ...

The development of penicillin and its efficacy in the treatment of syphilis transformed syphilis management for many with and at risk for infection. However, problems such as beta-lactam allergies ...