![]() ![]() In 1941, two British scientists, Howard Florey and Norman Heatley, came to the United States to enlist government and university researchers in increasing penicillin production. Descendants of the penicillium mold developed at UW–Madison are still used to produce penicillin around the world today.Ī plaque outside of the Microbial Sciences building on the UW–Madison campus commemorates the university’s contributions to penicillin research during World War II Eric Hamilton More than 50 UW–Madison scientists participated in the government-organized program. By discovering new strains, isolating more productive mutants, and improving growing methods, UW–Madison biologists helped supply Allied troops with enough penicillin to treat life-threatening infections. ![]() ![]() Though discovered 16 years prior, the world’s first natural antibiotic was expensive and difficult to wring from the mold that makes it. On the other side of the Atlantic, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other institutions had spent the last three years pursuing advances in penicillin production. On June 6, 1944, the D-Day invasion of Normandy was bolstered by millions of doses of a precious new substance: penicillin. The D-Day invasion of Normandy was bolstered by millions of doses of a precious new substance: penicillin. ![]()
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