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The Discovery of Antibiotics: Penicillin and the Golden Age of Medicine
Alexander Fleming noticed in 1928 that penicillin mould killed bacteria. Mass-produced in the 1940s, antibiotics transformed survival from infections — but their overuse now drives antimicrobial resistance.
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