Hi, great question! Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic drug penicillin. You should check out Tom’s answer to a similar question here: /drugsm13-zone/2013/03/20/what-theory-supported-alexander-flemings-theory-on-the-penicillin/
He explains the story of the accidental discovery really nicely!
Fleming also published work about things like chemotherapy. He’ll always be remembered for penicillin though – he won a Nobel prize for the discovery!
I think it’s really cool that he found it by accident, he just went on holiday and when he returned, bang there it was! Maybe I should leave my lab for a bit and see what is happening when I come back.
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