MadSci Network: Medicine
Query:

Re: what's a medical discovery made by an Australian scientist

Date: Mon Apr 30 22:13:28 2001
Posted By: Bryan Grieg Fry, Ph.D. candidate, Centre for Drug Design & Development
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 975550575.Me
Message:

pennicilin.  While the first observations of the mold inhibiting bacteria 
were made elsewhere, Dr. Howard Florey was the one that actually discovered 
the active ingredient.

Cheers,
Bryan



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