Biography presentation

Alexander Fleming

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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1881

Born on August 6, 1881, in Lochfield, Scotland, Fleming grew up in a rural environment before moving to London for his education.

1903

He attended St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, where he began his career in bacteriology

1914

During World War I, Fleming served as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

1922

Fleming discovered lysozyme, an enzyme present in bodily fluids such as tears and saliva

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SINCE

Fleming’s discovery marked the beginning of the antibiotic era, leading to the development of many other antibiotics and transforming medical practice.

1940

Just in 1940, with the efforts of scientists like Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, that penicillin was successfully developed into a viable treatment. Winning the Nobel Prize, in 1945, with Florey and Chain.

1939

Penicillin was first used widely during World War II to treat bacterial infections in soldiers

1928

In 1928, while working at St. Mary's Hospital in London, Fleming made his famous discovery.

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