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Landmark chemistry
Penicillin: a landmark in the chemical landscape
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Meanwhile, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society are to establish "international chemical landmark" for the discovery and development of penicillin, one of the most famous molecules of the twentieth century. The serendipitous discovery of the molecule by Alexander Fleming ultimately revolutionised modern medicine and came to symbolise the power of pharmaceuticals over disease. Resistance to penicillin itself, of course, is widespread among bacteria but the compound's successors, while losing some battles against infection, are still winning the was against bacterial disease.
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