1. How did a chance discovery change the world we live in?

2. Penicillin is a natural substance
Joseph Lister experimented with it in 1871
when he noticed it seemed to weaken the
microbes he was studying at the time
Lister didn’t continue his studies
Several other scientists also worked on
penicillin as a treatment, but couldn’t make
enough to treat patients sufficiently
Instead in 1928 Alexander Fleming made
a chance discovery

3. Why did Fleming fail to mass produce penicillin?
Fleming and his team failed to turn the mould juice into a pure drug
No one was prepared to give him specialist help or funding
This meant that although Fleming wrote up his findings, he did nothing more about his discovery

4. Who were Florey and Chain?

5. How was penicillin developed?

6. How was Penicillin mass produced?

7. What factors lead to the development of penicillin?
Chance?
War and Government?
Individuals and their teams?