Scientist Alexander Fleming discovered the mold could kill bacteria. — -- A mold sample may seem like an unlikely prize, but a sample of penicillin mold pulled in more than $14,000 when it was ...

If you’ve ever had a bacterial infection (strep throat, ear infections, pneumonia, etc.) you’ve probably been administered an antibiotic via injection or pill. This antibiotic was likely penicillin, ...

Sept. 24 (UPI) --In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin. The antibiotic was produced by a mold that had started growing in a Petri dish in Fleming's lab. Now, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In September 1928, British ...

Well before his discovery of penicillin, Alexander Fleming was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. Less well known is that he also painted with living organisms. Corbis Even to scientists, the question ...

LONDON -- A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction later this month. The medallion was ...

Researchers recently sequenced the genome of the mold that produced the world’s first true antibiotic, penicillin. When biologists Ayush Pathak and Timothy Barraclough (both of Imperial College London ...

LONDON — How much is an old, dried-out piece of mold worth? Apparently more than $14,600 if it was created by the doctor who discovered penicillin. The nearly 90-year-old swatch of mold has a rather ...

Sept. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 490 B.C., the Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon. A Greek soldier named Pheidippides ran more than 26 miles to tell Athenians of the victory and died ...

Alexander Fleming returned to his research laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital in London after World War I. His battlefront experience had shown him how serious a killer bacteria could be, much worse ...