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Discovery of Penicillin

It's 84 years since Alexander Fleming discovered the life-saving substance penicillin.

But it took a team of scientists another decade to turn it into the well-known anti-biotic of today.

PHOTO: Penicillium fungal spores (courtesy of Science Photo Library)

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