Tag: antibiotic
Penicillin: The accidental discovery that changed medicine forever
Kallayanee Naloka via Shutterstock •In 1928, microbiologist Alexander Fleming discovered what we would eventually come to know as penicillin. •Penicillin’s…
Antibiotic resistance: How misusing antibiotics kills thousands of people yearly
•The misuse of antibiotics (e.g. taking them without a prescription, or even when they’re not needed) makes bacteria more resistant…
