{"id":43439,"date":"2024-04-15T21:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=43439"},"modified":"2024-04-15T21:29:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:29:27","slug":"penicillin-was-invented-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/penicillin-was-invented-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Penicillin was invented by"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a974c3821d53\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    A. 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A. Fleming.<\/p>\n<p>Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. He was a Scottish bacteriologist who was working at St Mary&#8217;s Hospital in London. He noticed that <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> a mold had grown on one of his petri dishes and that the bacteria around the mold had died. He isolated the mold and named it Penicillium notatum. He then showed that penicillin could kill a wide range of bacteria, including those that cause pneumonia, meningitis, and scarlet fever.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist who is considered one of the founders of modern pharmacology. He is best known for his work on the development of salvarsan, the first effective treatment for syphilis. He also developed a number of other drugs, including arsphenamine, which was used to treat malaria.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Mendel was an Austrian monk and scientist who is considered the father of genetics. 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