How important was Flemings accidental discovery of penicillin

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How important was Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin? Read through the information on the discovery of Fleming and fill in the boxes below. Factor boxes must be filled with 3 facts that show the impact that factor had on the discovery. Significance boxes must be filled with an explanation on relative significance. All 10 keywords must be used, highlighted and ticked off. Factor 1: Individual Genius (Fleming) • • • Significance: Why wasn’t penicillin immediately recognised? Factor 2: Luck/Chance/Coincidence During _____ Fleming was sent to study the large number of British _____ who were suffering illnesses due to the ______ germ. Fleming saw how much _______ soldiers were in. Fleming was ______ to find a better way to treat _____ wounds and began to conduct ________. • Fleming was not recognised at the time because he didn’t realise that penicillin was an antibiotic. He also failed to test penicillin on animals so without proof that it worked, people did not see it as a great discovery. Finally Fleming lost interest which meant that at the time Penicillin wasn’t recognised. • • Staphylococcus Germ Petri-dishes Mould Spore Milk Bottles Companies Glaxo. Smith. Kline Antiseptic Funding Public Antibiotic Streptomycin Factor 4: Science & Technology & War (Mass Production of Penicillin) Significance: What was the short term impact on WWII soldiers? _________________________________ _________________________________ Significance: What was the long term impact of Penicillin? (on the Pharmaceutical Industry) _________________________________ _________________________________ • June 1941 – Florey convinced the US government Factor 1: Individual Genius (Florey and Chain) & Factor 3: Government • to fund the _____ of Penicillin. • • Significance: What was the long term impact of Penicillin? (on the development of other medicines) Penicillin had huge significance long term, paving the way for the discovery of other antibiotics such as ______ discovered in _____ that cures ______ was also discovered in ______ that is used to treat ________ and finally _____ found in _____ which has been used in ________. 1930 s – Florey and _____ read about Penicillin and asked the ___________ for funding to do more research. Complete the two analysis tasks below then choose one of the accompanying questions to complete. a) Which factor played the biggest part in the discovery and development of Penicillin, the first antibiotic? 1. Individual Genius 2. Luck/Chance 3. Government Science and Technology b) How significant was Fleming in the discovery and development of Penicillin, the first antibiotic? Insignificant Extraordinary

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