The Breaking Point

The Mold That Saved the World


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In 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to find his bacterial cultures contaminated by a mysterious mold—and nearly threw them away. Instead, his curiosity about this 'failed' experiment led to penicillin, launching the antibiotic age and saving hundreds of millions of lives. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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