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Old 27th April 2006, 13:51
Polwarth Polwarth is offline
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Originally Posted by Not_Just_DNA
I am not Scottish, but the most prominent one I learned of in my line of work is Alexander Fleming for discovering (at first from accident I believe, then by experiementation) that mold prevented staph growth. He called the newly discovered substance penicillin. There are many famous inventors and scientists, however from Scotland, so perhaps do a Google search to find more.
Googling for the information is what 'normal' people would do, NJDNA.... I don't think that applies in this case!
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