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    Alexander Fleming was a Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin in 1928. While working as a research assistant in London, Fleming accidentally discovered that a mold called penicillin had antibacterial properties and was able to kill disease-causing bacteria. This discovery of the first antibiotic revolutionized medicine and paved the way for curing bacterial infections, ultimately saving millions of lives worldwide. Fleming received the Nobel Prize in 1945 for his seminal work discovering penicillin.

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    Alexander Fleming was a Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin in 1928. While working as a research assistant in London, Fleming accidentally discovered that a mold called penicillin had antibacterial properties and was able to kill disease-causing bacteria. This discovery of the first antibiotic revolutionized medicine and paved the way for curing bacterial infections, ultimately saving millions of lives worldwide. Fleming received the Nobel Prize in 1945 for his seminal work discovering penicillin.

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    Alexander Fleming was a Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin in 1928. While working as a research assistant in London, Fleming accidentally discovered that a mold called penicillin had antibacterial properties and was able to kill disease-causing bacteria. This discovery of the first antibiotic revolutionized medicine and paved the way for curing bacterial infections, ultimately saving millions of lives worldwide. Fleming received the Nobel Prize in 1945 for his seminal work discovering penicillin.

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    Alexander Fleming was a Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin in 1928. While working as a research assistant in London, Fleming accidentally discovered that a mold called penicillin had antibacterial properties and was able to kill disease-causing bacteria. This discovery of the first antibiotic revolutionized medicine and paved the way for curing bacterial infections, ultimately saving millions of lives worldwide. Fleming received the Nobel Prize in 1945 for his seminal work discovering penicillin.

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    Alexander Fleming

    (1881-1955)

    Biography
    He was a farmer's son from Ayrshire
    in Scotland
    He moved to London at 13 and later
    trained as a doctor
    In 1928 Fleming was research
    assistant

    Work

    He was working with bacterias


    He accidentaly discovered a mould
    The mould was penicillin
    Fleming has discovered the first
    antibiotic
    he got the Nobel Prize in Physiology
    or Medicine in 1945

    The present
    His discovery of penicillin had
    changed the world
    Penicillin has saved, and is still
    saving, millions of peoples lifes
    around the world
    But Penicillin could be produced as a
    drug

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