Who Discovered Penicillin? Fleming Found It, Florey and Chain Made It a Drug
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in September 1928 and was not able to turn it into a medicine. He lacked the chemistry, the funding, and probably the interest. Thirteen years later, a team at Oxford led by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain produced the first usable supplies, and the first patient treated in 1941 survived an … Read more