Penicillin
Cards (31)
- Who discovered Penicillin?
- What was the cause of many soldiers' deaths that Fleming witnessed?
- In what year did Fleming identify lysozyme?
- What was the limitation of lysozyme as an antiseptic?
- What was Fleming doing when he discovered Penicillin?
- What happened to the staphylococci colonies when the fungal spore grew?
- What was the name of the fungus that produced Penicillin?
- What substance did Penicillium notatum produce?
- When did Fleming publish his findings on Penicillin?
- Why couldn't Fleming take his work further after publishing his findings?
- What was still needed for the industrial production of penicillin?
- Who found a way to purify penicillin?
- Why does penicillin need to be purified?
- When did Howard Florey’s team make a breakthrough in penicillin purification?
- What technique did Ernst Chain devise for penicillin purification?
- What was the initial challenge Florey and Chain faced in producing penicillin?
- How did Florey and Chain produce penicillin for their first clinical trial?
- What happened to the patients when the penicillin supply ran out?
- What was the outcome for patients when penicillin ran out?
- Who took penicillin to America for mass production?
- Why did Florey believe penicillin was vital during World War II?
- Why were British chemical firms unable to start mass production of penicillin initially?
- What changed US firms' reluctance to help with penicillin production?
- When did the US government begin giving grants for penicillin production?
- By what year had British businesses started mass-producing penicillin?
- Was the mass production of penicillin sufficient for military needs by 1944?
- What happened to the cost of penicillin after the war?
- What recognition did Fleming, Florey, and Chain receive in 1945?
- What is penicillin used to treat today?
- What types of antibiotics were discovered after 1945?
- How did the discovery of penicillin impact medical treatments after 1945?