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Penicillin

John C. Sheehan completed the first chemical synthesis of penicillin

Monday Apr 6, 2020 at 01:46:00 PM
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Chemist John C. Sheehan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) completed the first chemical synthesis of penicillin in 1957.


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