About this episode
This episode discusses the lack of new antibiotics developed in the last 40 years and the implications for health and medicine.
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Antibiotics: a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms. Petri dish: a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Buy our book…
People in this episode
Host: MinuteEarth
Topics covered
- antibiotics
- microorganisms
- medicine
- health
- science
Keywords
- antibiotics
- penicillin
- microorganisms
- Petri dish
- medicine
- health
- science
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Organizations: Neptune Studios LLC
Products: Antibiotics, penicillin, Petri dish
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