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    the world are often a mistake or pure luck. The drug Penicillin is no exception. The step by step process in developing and discovering the medicine will be explained with the help of three sources. Most people don’t know many facts about Penicillin like how it was an accident by the scientist Alexander Fleming and the number of scientists and experiments it took to make the drug successful. Beginning with the discovery of Penicillin, the medicine wasn’t created on purpose it was merely…

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    Medicine that Saved the World Penicillin is arguably the 21st century’s greatest invention ever. The miracle drug has saved millions of lives over the decades, that otherwise would have been ravaged by horrible diseases like pneumonia, syphilis, and gangrene. Penicillin also is thought to propel modern medicine into the lifesaver it is today. Penicillin is a weird drug, it is considered an antibiotic which mean the main purpose for the drug is bacterial diseases. Penicillin is thought to be the…

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    The Invention of Penicillin One of the greatest inventions ever has been the penicillin drug. Penicillin drugs are used to fight a large number of bacterial infections. It was first recognized in the United Kingdom, but because of World War II the United States had the major role in producing the drug. The discovery and production of penicillin changed our society by saving many people’s lives. Before penicillin was founded, there was no real cure for infections such as pneumonia. People…

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    The molecular structure of penicillin G is C16H18N2O4S. This means that there are 16 carbon molecules, 18 hydrogen molecules, 2 nitrogen molecules, 4 oxygen molecules, and 1 sulfur molecule. Pubchem says, “Penicillin G’s molecule weight is 334.39 g/mol” and also “Penicillin G’s exact mass is 334.39 g/mol.” By having the same molecular weight and exact mass, this shows us that penicillin G contains no isotopes. These molecules bond together to form a compound…

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    Penicillin is a mysterious drug that has been used for decades. It attacks enzymes that build the bacteria’s cell wall. Once they break through, the bacteria dies and we can recover from infection. In recent decades, some bacteria have developed a resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics. This causes a risk to human health. Scientists continue trying to find new antibiotics but they still don’t know how the old ones work. Scientist Thomas Bernhardt and his partners have added something to…

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    1. Penicillin kill bacteria by meddling with the capacity to blend cell divider. In this grouping, Escherichia coli were brooded in penicillin for 30 minutes. The bactericidal kills the bacteria. Also, bacteriostatic is a keeps bacteria organisms from developing. 2. Antibiotic resistance happens when bacteria organisms change somehow that decreases or wipes out the adequacy of medications, chemicals, or different specialists intended to cure or avoid contaminations. The microscopic organisms…

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    Penicillin was one of the first antibiotics created and used on the population. Sir Alexander Fleming changed the world of medicine not only in his days but also in present-day society. Penicillin was one of the greatest discoveries of the twentieth century, as antibiotics are one of the highest prescribed drugs in the world today. Penicillin is responsible for preventing the spread of infectious disease, and for improving military medicine. While revolutionizing the study of medicine,…

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    Sir Howard Walter Florey receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology (medicine) for their work on creating penicillin, but Norman Heatley, who also helped develop penicillin, did not receive the Nobel Prize for his work. If it were not for Heatley, the other scientists he worked with, and the scientists before him, the creation of the drug we know as penicillin today would not have been created. Penicillin is considered the first antibiotic drug in modern medical history that created a pinnacle…

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    choose between amputating and death. This was the case for many because there was no known medicine that could fight these illness’ or diseases. Until 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. This essay will describe the discovery of penicillin, how it came about then it will look at the importance of penicillin at the time of World War II and finally…

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    such as penicillin or its derivatives, that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms. The discovery and development of new antibiotics in the 40’s changed the way people lived by advancing the way infections and diseases were treated, the way live stock was grown, and the improvement of the quality of life in the United States. Sir Alexander Fleming, was a biologist, pharmacologist and botanist, he is known for the discovery of the antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin, Penicillin,…

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