Word: penicillins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...mold had been destroyed. This observation set the scientist off on a series of experiments in which he demonstrated that the mysterious mold was able to kill off an entire range of disease-producing bacteria. Because this particular fungus was a member of the Penicillium group, he named it penicillin after its presumed active ingredient...
Still, FDR's optimism proved to be justified. Even before the War was over, the chemical synthesis of quinine improved treatment for malaria in the pacific theatre, and the manufacturing of Fleming's penicillin effectively controlled wound infections for the first time in the history of war-fare. Following the War, inspired by these successes, the Federal government made unprecedented investments in many fields of science, through the NIH and other agencies. These investments have been essential for the vitality of American science ever since...
...researchers were the first to chemically synthesize penicillin. Five MIT scientists have won Nobel prizes for basic discoveries that today are the basis for manipulating genes and DNA to treat the human race's worst maladies...
...Without financial help, we might never have heard from Fleming," Rudenstine said, referring to noted scientist and former Commencement speaker Sir Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin. "Higher education has become much more accessible...
...absence of a human scientist with the capability to adjust experimental conditions at moment's notice, experiments might have to be repeated several times to yield results, or worse, abandoned due to their excessive costliness, against which Andorsky rails. To cite a historical example, would Alexander Fleming have isolated penicillin if he had to conduct his research via an unmanned satellite? I stake my final rebuttal on admittedly risky ground: what Andorsky dubs that "nice sentiment" about the space station being an inspiration to humanity and a symbol of "what's right with America" and the world. Andorsky fumbles...