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Penicillin for Kids: How a Mold Became the First Antibiotic
Season 1
Episode 7
Published 11 months, 1 week ago
Description
The true story of penicillin for kids: how Alexander Fleming spotted a mold killing germs in his London lab in 1928, and how Howard Florey and Ernst Chain turned it into a medicine.
• The messy lab bench and the dish of mold that started it all
• Why penicillin was almost forgotten for ten years
• How factories made millions of doses in time for D-Day in 1944
• Quiz questions to answer along the way
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