
Penicillin
In Our Time
The Evolution of Penicillin Resistance
Steve Fleming warned of a spectra drug resistance in his Nobel Prize speech. Penicillin has been around for millions, probably hundreds of millions of years in the soil. People were considering what they might do, but I think nobody had the slightest idea of the size of the problem. Now we know that it's going to happen. Whatever we do, there's almost certainly going to be resistance.
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