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Discover why antibiotics have become one of the most frequently used medicines. And why their efficiency is threatened by the emergence of superbugs.Key facts
- Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic for medical use and named it Penicillin.
- Antibiotics can only kill bacteria, not viruses.
- Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics.
- Over 150 different antibiotics have been developed to treat disease.
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One of the greatest medical discoveries of all time was made in this laboratory, completely by accident.
In 1928, Dr Alexander Fleming had been experimenting with bacteria, when a naturally occurring mould contaminated one of the petri dishes.
Sir Alexander Fleming, Pharmacologist
1881-1955
He observed that the area around the mould had cleared.
Fleming …
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