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Alexander Fleming discovered a drug called Penicillin

From which disease does Penicillin protect from ?

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Penicillin is an antibiotic. It prevents the formation of cell wall in bacteria which makes bacteria weak and it dies. Penicillin protects us from the diseases caused by bacteria like syphilis, tonsillitis etc.


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