Weekly Dose: penicillin, the mould that saves millions of lives

Weekly Dose: penicillin, the mould that saves millions of livesSergio Diez Alvarez, University of NewcastleIn developed countries, infectious diseases accounted for most deaths until very recently. And in developing countries, infectious diseases remain the cause of death for a large percentage of the population.It is in this setting that the discovery of penicillin in 1928