Full story of penicillin

Murali Thondebhavi
Sep 2, 2019
1 min read

We all know about the discovery of penicillin. It was 90 years ago that Dr Fleming chanced upon the chemical. But, what we might not know is it’s journey from that moment to being a safe drug used for treatment of bacterial infections.

This quick read takes us through the real story behind it.

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