![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920100559im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Arming the Fight Against Resistant Bacteria
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April 27, 2007
![photo of Petri dish with 'motion W' in it](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920100559im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/antibioticW_l.jpg) | In 1928, Alexander Fleming opened the door to treating bacterial infections when he stumbled upon the first known antibiotic in a penicillium mold growing in a discarded experiment.
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