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 ...

A chance observation by Alexander Fleming in 1928 led to the discovery of penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic.

Nearly a century ago, Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin sparked a revolution in medicine and transformed the fight against infectious diseases. Antibiotics, alongside improvements ...

Today, antibiotic resistance has become a global crisis. A study spanning 204 countries estimated that 1.27 million deaths in ...

Millions of people believe they can’t take the life-saving drug, but most can. An award-winning program is helping UVA ...

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 ...

Discover the fascinating story of penicillin, an antibiotic that revolutionized the medical world. From its humble beginnings as a mold to its widespread use in treating bacterial infections, ...