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Alexander Fleming

Pharmacologist Alexander Fleming "mistakenly" invented the antibiotic Penicillin. The medical breakthrough saved, is saving, and will continue to save millions of lives, all thanks to an accidental mistake made by a great scientist.

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Did Alexander Fleming have parents?

Yes he did, he had a mother and father. His father died when Alexander was 7.

Did Alexander Fleming go to school?

Alexander Fleming received his medical training at St Mary's Hospital medical school in London.

Is alexander Fleming still alive?

Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, died on March 11, 1955.

Where was Alexander Fleming born?

Alexander Fleming was born near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland, on 6 August 1881.

How many kids did Alexander Fleming have?

Sir Alexander Fleming had one child and he was married to Sarah Morion

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Why was Alexander Fleming discovery important?

Alexander's discovery was very important because it has saved many lives and shortened the length of lots of illnesses.

By Gillian Laing (age 10)

Or because Alexander discovery saved peoples lives and he had shortned the length o millions of illnesses!

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How did Alexander Fleming die?

Alexander died in London on March 11th from a hert attack

How old was Alexander Fleming when he discovered penicillin?

Fleming did not invent penicillin, he discovered it by accident when it ruined an experiment he was doing trying to culture bacteria. It took many others and the expediency of wartime emergency funding to invent the technologies needed to mass produce penicillin as a drug.

Many later antibiotics related to penicillin were later invented in labs, but penicillin is not anyone's invention as it is a natural substance made by a type of fungus.

What difficulty did Alexander Fleming which caused him to stop working on penicillin?

Fleming had found penicillin in bread mold in the year 1928. He squeezed the mold 'juice' out of the bread mold, but it spoiled, even in the refrigerator before he could do anything with it. He was unable to prove that penicillin was an antibiotic, and finally gave up in the year 1934. Others later figured out how to isolate penicillin and make it into a medical form.

What problems did Alexander Fleming face?

Alexander Fleming faced several challenges during his career, including skepticism from the scientific community regarding his discoveries, particularly penicillin. He struggled with securing funding and support for his research, especially in the early stages of developing antibiotics. Additionally, the initial lack of interest from pharmaceutical companies in mass-producing penicillin hindered its widespread use, despite its groundbreaking potential in medicine.

Why did Alexander Fleming want to do medicine?

Profession wise, he was primarily interested in bacteria and germs. Hobby wise, he enjoyed germ painting or bacteria painting.

What was Alexander Fleming studying when he discovered penicillin?

In 1928, while studying Staphylococci bacteria, Fleming discovered that some of the bacteria cultures had been contaminated by a fungus, Penicillium. Seeing that the mold products had antibiotic properties, Fleming isolated them and on March 7, 1929 named the substance penicillin.

Did Alexander Fleming find it hard to create penicillin?

Because it was excreted too quickly by the human body, which reduced its ability to kill the bacteria.

How did alexander Fleming create penicillin in 19281929?

On the morning of September 3rd, 1928, he was having a clear up of his cluttered laboratory. he was sorting through a number of glass plates which had previously been coated with bacteria as part of his research, one of the plates had mould on it. The mould was in the shape of a ring and the area around the ring seemed to be free of the bacteria. The mould was penicillium notatum.

Did Alexander Fleming have any other jobs?

Alexander Fleming served as a military nurse during World War l. Once he saw so many people die from disease he became very interested in bacteireology.

Does Alexander Fleming deserve the Nobel Prize?

Alexander Fleming got out of making penicillin a medicine to curing a diseases that can have symptoms of mucus and saliva that may have gotten you sick. And the medicine "Penicillin" could cure it but the ? and it helps you get better.

He also received many grants from different organizations and some he kept for himself. He also got to travel around the world showing his invention but American inventors got patents for what he did
Fleming discovered Penicillin by accidentally leaving a dish of Staphylococcus bacteria out uncovered. After a few days, he saw that there was one area of the dish where mold was growing.