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The remarkable accident that changed the world
Discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming in 1928, penicillin changed the world. Melvyn Bragg, Professor Christoph Tang and Emeritus Professor Steve Jones discuss how the life-changing mould came about.
First broadcast on In Our Time, 9 June 2016.
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