Weill Cornell is the birthplace of many medical advances — including the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer,
the synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo - biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S., the first clinical trial of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, and most recently, the world's first successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat a minimally conscious brain - injured patient.
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This class is bactericidal and acts by inhibiting the
synthesis of the peptidoglycan layer
of the bacterial cell wall through binding to the
penicillin binding protein (PBP)[5].