Between the traditional cottages and smattering of shops on the main street, a giant, technicolour mural of Sir Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin, now looks out over the town.

Between the traditional cottages and smattering of shops on the main street, a giant, technicolour mural of Sir Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin, now looks out over the town.

Darvel native Alexander Fleming will be permanently remembered with the stunning mural which takes pride of place in the town centre at The Corner - Darvel's community space. A number of projects ...

It’s the mycelial spark that touched off an antibiotic revolution. Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming recognized the potential of Penicillium mold when he found it growing in his less ...

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 ...

A mural to the "world hero" who discovered penicillin has been unveiled in his home town 70 years after he died. Darvel native Alexander Fleming will be permanently remembered with the stunning mural ...

On this show it’s the turn of Sir Alexander Fleming, who describes how in 1928 he discovered penicillin, which kills some bacteria responsible for serious human infections. The most important ...

Alexander Fleming returned to his research laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital in London after World War I. His battlefront experience had shown him how serious a killer bacteria could be ...