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11h 58min, may 16, 1928 y - Alexander Fleming

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Fleming discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic. While working on influenza virus, he noticed that mold created a ring around it in which bacteria couldn't grow.

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11h 58min, may 16, 1928 y
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