Ernst Chain News Today

After India lost its dominance in making penicillin, a drought of three decades is coming to an end. The drug – which forms the base for a raft of extremely potent antibiotics – is part of the governments aggressive push for self-sufficiency in critical areas. Will the plan to claw back to the glorious past work?

We take a lot for granted in terms of medical care today. Whilst we still get ill sometimes, there is a range of medicines and treatments available. Our doctors have got a huge body of knowledge and experience to call upon, and we can usually rely on having modern and clean facilities. It wasn’t always like this. This list is in honor of all of the people who have improved the knowledge and practice of medicine.

Since the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war, antisemitism has flared up again worldwide. The irony of the situation is that so many of those who rail against Jews owe their health or their lives to the work of Jewish scientists.

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(1) GOOD NEWS. My mother is back to her usual self and physically has regained enough ground for the doctor to send her home to the skilled nursing facility where she lives. She’ll go back tonight. And it’s hard to break the Scroll habit when I have a couple hours left to work on one!

Dr. Ernst Chain co-won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the ground-breaking discovery of penicillin.

The 23-karat gold prize for the drug weighs a hefty 200 grams, and comes encased in its original box with alongside the Nobel Diploma and more.

The 23-karat gold medal weighs a hefty 200 grams and comes encased in its original box.

Even with help from AI, fending off the scourge of antibiotic resistance remains a human responsibility.