Hodgkin determines the structure of penicillin
1945 · Event
Working in Oxford with Barbara Low, Hodgkin uses X-ray crystallography to show penicillin's unexpected beta-lactam ring — knowledge that later makes semi-synthetic penicillins possible.
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