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Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. A medical miracle courtesy of messy lab work.

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Fleming observed penicillin’s antibacterial effect in 1928, but large-scale medical use took off after purification and production advances in the 1940s. It became a foundational antibiotic, especially against many Gram-positive infections.

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