Penicillin has since saved more than 80 million lives. In 1945, Fleming, Florey and Chain received the Nobel Prize for their contributions to penicillin’s discovery and applications.

A number of projects are being planned by the Darvel & Area Regeneration Team (DART) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fleming's most well-known achievement - the discovery of penicillin in 1928.

How Thinking Outside the Box Drives Success Most people play by the rules. They follow the blueprint, colour inside the lines, and wonder why they’re stuck in mediocrity. Meanwhile, the biggest ...

Some bacteria that changed the world was sold in New York this week. A buyer paid over $76,000 for a sample of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin, the basis for the world’s first antibiotic. Fleming ...

It was auctioned off previously, as part of a lot of Fleming/penicillin memorabilia, in 2017. That lot went for £15,000 (roughly $19,350), and was reportedly sold to a direct descendant of Fleming.

In his lifetime, Fleming realized that his discovery could be endangered by antibiotic resistance and warned of the dangers in his Nobel lecture in 1945. "The time may come when penicillin can be ...