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Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in his London lab in 1928 led to its eventual development by a team at Oxford University, headed by Howard Florey and Ernest Chain, yet the pair are rarely remembered. This book goes behind the science to reveal the quirky history of the antibiotic.Eric Lax is the author of 'The Mould in Dr. Florey's Coat: How Penicillin Began the Age of Miracle Cures', published 2004 under ISBN 9780316859257 and ISBN 0316859257.
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