Which New York hospital treated the first U.S. penicillin patients in 1940?
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Presbyterian Hospital
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Which New York hospital treated the first U.S. penicillin patients in 1940?
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Presbyterian Hospital
What disease did the first two U.S. patients treated with penicillin have?
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bacterial endocarditis
Which medical journal published the Oxford team's 1940 paper 'Penicillin as a Chemotherapeutic Agent'?
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The Lancet
What drying technique did Ernst Chain suggest for turning penicillin solution into a dry powder?
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freeze drying
Which Oxford researcher developed a penicillin assay using agar nutrient plates?
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Norman Heatley
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What disease did the first two U.S. patients treated with penicillin have?
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bacterial endocarditis
Which Oxford researcher developed a penicillin assay using agar nutrient plates?
Answer
Norman Heatley
At which Oxford school did Florey's team begin penicillin research in 1939?
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Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
Which eye infection did Cecil George Paine successfully treat with penicillin in babies?
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ophthalmia neonatorum
Which journal published Fleming's 1929 paper on Penicillium cultures?
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British Journal of Experimental Pathology
What color was the mould Fleming found contaminating his culture plate?
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blue-green
Which former research student examined Fleming's culture plates with him in September 1928?
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Daniel Merlin Pryce
On what date did Fleming return to his lab and notice the contaminated culture plate?
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3 September 1928