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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — A West Michigan native can be thanked for the creation of synthetic penicillin, which can be used to make more effective antibiotics. John Sheehan was born in Battle Creek ...

LONDON -- Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, discoverer of penicillin, died today of a heart attack. He was struck down suddenly by a seizure for which his great miracle drug was no match. But the shy, ...

A nationwide poll of 2,000 adults has pinpointed the top three most significant inventions of all time as electric power, the internet, and penicillin. Thomas Edison's pioneering work on electric ...