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  • Penicillin is a good example — suppose that once you figure out what substance needs isolating, finding many different ways to isolate it is trivial.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gene Patent(s?) Invalidated: 2010

  • Aetna health insurance is most commonly asked is whether they cover only one-time prescription drugs such as Penicillin, which is used for many types of illnesses such as strep throat, or ear infections, or if they cover prescription drugs that are needed everyday for example if your child takes Adderoll because they have been diagnosed with ADHD.

    Best Syndication - 2008

  • Penicillin, which is derived from a common kind of mold that grows on bread and fruit, was the first antibiotic discovered and put into widespread use.

    penicillin 2002

  • This substance, known as Penicillin, represented a real progress in therapeutics.

    Chapter 12 1991

  • You can order a liquid cure called Penicillin made with scotch, lemon juice, and honey ginger syrup.

    Restaurant Girl 2009

  • The countless "Penicillin" cocktails I've enjoyed at Manhattan's Momofuku Ssam Bar finally convinced me to try the big ice thing at home.

    Laura Silverman: Ice, Ice, Baby: Bigger Is Better Laura Silverman 2010

  • The countless "Penicillin" cocktails I've enjoyed at Manhattan's Momofuku Ssam Bar finally convinced me to try the big ice thing at home.

    Laura Silverman: Ice, Ice, Baby: Bigger Is Better Laura Silverman 2010

  • The countless "Penicillin" cocktails I've enjoyed at Manhattan's Momofuku Ssam Bar finally convinced me to try the big ice thing at home.

    Laura Silverman: Ice, Ice, Baby: Bigger Is Better Laura Silverman 2010

  • "Penicillin, " I said, seizing one of the bottles and the leather pouch in which I kept my snake-fang syringes.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • Kelly has seen plenty of previous ups and downs, working for years at the "Penicillin", the Speke biochemical works which first mass-produced the famous drug, but suffered disaster in the 1970s thalidomide scandal.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2008

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