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March 12, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, March 12 (TNSres) -- Eckerd College issued the following news:

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Penicillin is one of the most well-known and well-used medications today.

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Despite how revolutionary the drug is, Scottish physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming discovered it by accident. According to scientific lore, in 1928, Fleming returned from a holiday to find mold growing in his petri dish of bacteria. He saw that the bacteria woul . . .

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