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A Long and Illustrious History

Penicillin, discovered by Fleming, was developed into a usable drug by Howard Florey and whom?

APatrick Steptoe
BFrank Whittle
CErnst Chain
DErnest Rutherford

Answer & explanation

The correct answer is Ernst Chain.

Fleming's penicillin was further developed into a usable drug by the scientists Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, and was in mass production by the 1940s.

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