penicillin - florey and chain - fleming - modern medicine Flashcards
what did fleming do?
1928 ->discovered first antibiotic, penicillin
he left petri dished containing staphyloccoccus while he went on holiday
when he returned he noticed a mould had grown on one of the dishes and had killed the bacteria around it
he realised this mould produced a substance that could kill bacteria
he called this substance penicillin
why was fleming unable to advance his work once his findings were published?
nobody was willing to fund further research, so he was unable to take his work further
what did chain do?
worked alongside florey to devise the freeze-drying technique which was important in purification of penicillin
what did florey do?
took penicillin to america for mass production
in 1941, america joined ww2 and gave grants to businesses that manufactured penicillin
by 1943, british businesses had also started mass producing penicillin
