The next topic I reasearched has been one the biggest medical advancements in history. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming observed that colonies of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be destroyed by the mold Penicillium notatum, proving that there was an antibacterial agent there in principle(http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Penicillin.htm). Penicillin was rediscovered and lead to other medicines that could kill certain types of disease-causing bacteria inside the body. Alexandra Flemming observed and grew the mold in a pute culture and found that it produced a substance that killed a number of disease-causing bacteria. The use of penicillin was not used until the 1940s. As the destruction of the war grew, so did interest in penicillin in laboratories, universities and drug companies on both sides of the Atlantic. The scientists knew they were in a race against death, because an infection was as likely to kill a wounded soldier as his wound(http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/penicillin.htm).
Penicillin kills bacteria by preventing it from forming new cell walls. Today, In the United States the percent of people with baterial infections have decreased since the 1900's. Before penicillin existed, anyone could die from an infection that started with a simple scratch or cut. To find the side effects for penicillin go to this website:
9 comments:
Hello maddie! okay i think that your Penicilin Blog is excellent! it is great that Flemming came up with this vaccine to save millions of lives,and I belive we still use this drug today to save peoples lives!
p.s. Im allergic to penicilin :)
Helloooo! it is great how penicillin is used as a vaccine. Im sure that many lives were saved during the war. and it is awesome how this great discovery can still be used today!
Jeeze i never realized how much the medical field has advanced i mean i know it had advaced alot but i never knew exacly what that meant until now nice srticle
I think that Penicillin is a great, allowing disease-causing bacteria to be killed inside our body. I bet this was a HUGE medical advancement in the 1920's. Like Kelli mentioned, I bet it helped to save a lot of lives during World War II, and other wars. That is really had to believe that people could die from infections, but thanks to pencillin, I'm sure it has greatly reduced
Nice post Maddie :) I think its great that penicillin was discovered. I can't imagine dying because I had a cold or a small cut! If this wasn't discovered yet, I can't imagine how many people would have died.
Maddie!,
this blog is so pretty, and it's also pretty intersting. Like penicilin is pretty cool, so i like your topic. and i didn't know it was such a medical advance.
penicilin is great
This man was genius. Without him millions(a strech) thousands of people have been saved my this one drug they call penicillin. It's probably one of the least under priveleged drugs of our time because we rely on everyday drugs like viagra(haha) and tylenol to cure headahces.
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