Aleksander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 in Lochfield, Scotland, and is a world-renowned bacteriologist and pharmacologist.
After graduating from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1906, he turned to work on the special properties of microorganisms. In 1928, as a result of an experiment conducted at St. Mary's Hospital, he discovered that a fungus called Penicillium notatum killed its surroundings.
This discovery prepared the care of antibiotics that revolutionized medicine and guided the development of the first antibiotic called penicillin. This discovery of Fleming played a major role in the treatment of diseases, especially during World War II.
In 1945, he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine together with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, who worked in this field. Aleksander Fleming's recorded contributions are considered an important milestone in modern medicine and consist of the provision of treatments that still save lives today.
Fleming, who died on March 11, 1955, continues to be remembered for his influence and knowledge in the scientific world.
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