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Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) was a Scottish bacteriologist who discovered lysozyme (a nasal enzyme with antibacterial properties) in 1922, and in 1928 the antibiotic drug penicillin.

Short Biography:

With H. W. Florey and E. B. Chain, he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.

After a false start as a shipping clerk, Fleming retrained in medicine. Lysozyme was an early discovery.

While studying this, he found an unusual mould growing on a neglected culture dish. He isolated and read more...

Tags: biologist, pharmacologist, medicine

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