Penicillin revisited.

"Without Fleming, no Florey or Chain, without Chain no Florey, without Florey no Heatley, without Heatley no Penicillin." --Prof. Henry Harris.

And yet it seems Fleming alone is mainly credited for the discovery of Penicillin. "Being scooped" as it is colloquially referred to amongst people in science, has been commonplace ever since scientific research has existed. Investing all that you have, emotionally and mentally, and not be rewarded for it may be utterly disheartening to anyone, but a true scientist is able to rise beyond that disappointment and celebrate the scientific achievement. After all, isn't that what every scientist's objective should be? To advance science for the greater good. And that is exactly what Dr. Howard Florey did. A true hero indeed.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1945/florey-bio.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5931574/Breaking-the-Mould-BBC-Four-TV-review.html