6th Guessing Article

Congratulations to 78TyrannidMaster87 for guessing the previous article- the Beelzebufo.

1. I am an element
2. I am heavier than silver
3. I am a metal
4. I have non radioactive isotopes
5. I am a transition metal

5th Guessing Article

Congratulations again to lord alphabet on yet another win.

1. I am an animal
2. I lived in the cretaceous period
3. I am not reptillian
4. I am amphibian
5. I lived in Madagascar

Penicillin

Antibiotics are designed to kill bacteria. Perhaps one of the best known antibiotics is penicillin. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 but came into mass production during WWII (1940) this is most likely due to the wounds of soldiers from the war needing antibacterial treatment. Penicillin was discovered when a petri dish that was cultivating bacteria was contaminated and the mould that had grown on the dish had a halo around it where no bacteria were present. It was then known that the mould (Penicillium Notatum) produced an antibacterial chemical named penicillin. There are several different species of Penicillium, but all produce penicillin. Unfortunately due to the overuse of penicillin many bacteria have developed resistances. This increases the urgency in which a new antibiotic chemical needs to be found or synthesised.

Vaccines

Vaccines. The ruthless plot to pacify the population...

Not really. Vaccines are designed to make your immune system find the most efficient ways to kill viruses. Vaccines prevent viruses, while antibiotics treat bacteria. Antibiotics not do work on viruses, increasing the need for vaccines. Vaccines are either:

1. A non-harmful version of the virus strain injected into the body
2. An artificial version of the virus that acts and behaves like the virus, but is not harmful

If your immune system has knowledge of the most efficient ways to kill a virus, it is very unlikely that the virus will cause an infection.