. lung to nine hundred thirty nine the second world war had broken out in europe. after occupying france nazi germany set its sights on britain in september nine hundred forty eight the german looked baffled began large scale night attacks on britain to force it to capitulate. london also suffered greatly under the bombing offensive news the blitz during the air raids tens of thousands sought refuge in underground station. managers on the fleming paid little heed to the air raids since his discovery of penicillin twelve years earlier he d made little progress in. research and set the
sure that it doesn t come back you ll have to take your medication for about ten more months. to come and. it s a certain distance but for a doctor it s very satisfying when we re able to cure a patients this is an enormous step forward from the time before alexander fleming . today we re able to cure people suffering from infectious diseases and for a doctor that s wonderful of course and since it s the terms of us. in one thousand nine hundred forty one the us decided to enter the second world war. this was ten generations of japan. the united states was not which was. penicillin had just itching to improvements if you could get your second wounded
the whole question of showed and his. the. body. like nazi germany austria stood accused of committing atrocities during the second world war when a saloon became a kind of moral weapon to be used against the population. the argument was made thirsts whirls the chairman. we responsible for the. therefore we shouldn t if them turn soon. in vienna children of the elderly in particular suffered from epidemic levels of tuberculosis diphtheria typhoid fever and meningitis with no access to a drug that could have treated them thousands died. in the mean time alexander fleming experienced
a scanning electron microscope they can study how the peptides penetrate a bacterium out a membrane to reach its nucleus. since these mechanisms help protect us when we get a wound the research is hope to develop substances that can kill bacteria using the same processes used by the n.t. microbial peptides in our bodies. we want to kill the bacteria we might be able to do that by damaging the bacterial membrane creating holes in it so the bacteria can survive. but it s possible that these substances will need to get through the membrane and be active inside the bacteria in order to be effective. lungs of nine hundred thirty nine the second world war had broken out in europe. after occupying france nazi germany set its sights on britain in september nine
defenses the blood cells all. the antiseptics couldn t punish to chuck it a cheese and ballistic when it s. before the war alexander fleming had studied medicine at some mary s hospital in london. he returned there in nineteen nineteen and was appointed assistant director of its vaccine department. spurred on by his experiences during the war he continued his research on antibacterial substances. historian kevin brown has set up a tiny museum in fleming s formula bar a tree. watch for health is that this place and so and this is the lab in which let me just stop it and so and look at least so far shamed slow track its most