Penicillin Uses

A New Novel About Penicillin in World War Two by Jim Pinkerton Posted Mon 21 Jun 2010 12:00am begins to fail, and by the end of the day he is dead. Belfer uses the urgency of the Stantons’ mission — finding a means of quickly mass-producing penicillin — to add drama... Lauren Belfer has just published a new novel, , about the development of penicillin during the early days of World War Two, when development of the drug was a vital Read on »

Penicillin bug genome unravelled by Rudy S. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 30 Sep 2008 2:47pm Fascinating new discovery Link: BBC NEWS | Health | Penicillin bug genome unravelled. It is hoped that uncovering the genome of Penicillium chrysogenum will boost the development of new antibiotics to overcome problems of resistance Read on »

Penicillium mold allergy does NOT mean a penicillin allergy by Neil Kao Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:26am I have been asked many times if a positive allergy skin test to the mold Penicillium means that the patient is also allergic to Penicillin, the antibiotic. The answer is no. The mold Penicillium chrysogenum (also known as Penicillium notatum ) secretes the antibiotic Penicillin into the space outside its cells. The goal is to kill ordinary bacteria Read on »

Try the Poor Man’s Penicillin to Cure Acne Naturally by FocusAcne Posted Thu 10 Feb 2011 2:59pm Those folks in Transylvania just may have some wisdom for people that suffer from acne. If your acne is starting to feel like a blood sucking drain on your life, then why not give this a try. Find out if there are any medical side effects to be awa ... Read on »

Chicken Soup: "Jewish Penicillin" to the Rescue as My Body Clamors to Kill the Lyme Disease by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008 3:12pm Recently, now that I've been feeling the horrific after-affects of an uninvited, infected tick, which took to me a few weeks ago (not sure where) and gave me this debiliating Lyme disease -- I wrote about it here -- I've been having the strangest food cravings -- for meat and lots of fish. (My cravings are for grass-fed, antiobiotic-free mea ... Read on »

I'll have the filet mignon, with a side of penicillin, please. by Melissa Bastian Patient Expert

Posted Mon 04 May 2009 5:26pm , and be terrified with me: The meat industry doesn't publicize its use of antibiotics, so accurate information on the amount of antibiotics given to food animals is hard to come by. Stuart B. Levy, M.D., who has studied the subject for years, estimates that there are 15-17 million pounds of antibiotics used sub-therapeutically in the United States each year Read on »