London, UK. 16 June 2023. A staff member presents Sir Ernst Chain’s 1945 Nobel Prize medal in Physiology or Medicine (Est. £300,000-500,000) at a preview of Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale. While Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain worked to make penicillin into a manufacturable bacteria-killing drug and all three were awarded the Nobel Prize. The sale takes place at Bonhams Knightsbridge galleries on 21 June. Credit: Stephen Chung / Alamy Live News

London, UK.  16 June 2023.  A staff member presents Sir Ernst Chain’s 1945 Nobel Prize medal in Physiology or Medicine (Est. £300,000-500,000) at a preview of Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale.  While Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain worked to make penicillin into a manufacturable bacteria-killing drug and all three were awarded the Nobel Prize.  The sale takes place at Bonhams Knightsbridge galleries on 21 June. Credit: Stephen Chung / Alamy Live News Stock Photo
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