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Who played the most important role in the development of penicillin?
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Concepta Cassar 10.5 Who played the most important role in the development of penicillin? Fleming rediscovered the properties of penicillin in 1928, he made extensive notes on his findings and later on published a paper/book on what he had discovered. His main findings showed that when various bacteria were added to dishes containing penicillin; some grew until they touched the penicillin mould and then stopped. Other bacteria wouldn't even go near it. Scientists later established that this was an antibacterial material, that is, that it was a micro organism capable of killing another micro organism. Few scientists showed interest in Fleming's findings at this time, apart from a man called Professor Rainstrick who studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He attempted to produce larger quantities of penicillin between 1929-1932. He was, however, unsuccessful in getting other scientists interested in using a common mould as an antibiotic, and with the...
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