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jan 1, 1939 - Penicillin Project

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Florey had assembled a professional staff of about a dozen scientists plus technicians to work on the penicillin project alone. Among his first hires was the biochemist Ernst Chain, who came highly recommended by Frederick Hopkins at Cambridge.

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jan 1, 1939
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~ 87 years ago

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