When you take an aspirin, a decongestant, or a muscle relaxant, the drug you're taking was probably made by a chemist combining a specific mixture of chemicals. Antibiotics, on the other hand, are ...

Imagine making a scientific discovery that would go on to save millions of lives - by accident. Well that's exactly what happened on 28 September 1928, when Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish ...

Alexander Fleming was born in a remote, rural part of Scotland. The seventh of eight siblings and half-siblings, his family worked an 800-acre farm a mile from the nearest house. The Fleming children ...

The world is facing a potentially disastrous future: The antibiotics we use to cure everyday infections are becoming useless against certain bacteria. If this post-antibiotic era comes to pass, by ...

LONDON -- A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction later this month. The medallion was ...

When you take an aspirin, a decongestant, or a muscle relaxant, the drug you're taking was probably made by a chemist combining a specific mixture of chemicals. Antibiotics, on the other hand, are ...