Superbugs That Resist Antibiotics Can Evolve in 11 Days | I Contain Multitudes

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Antibiotics like penicillin have a critical role in medicine, but using them is not a decision to be taken lightly.

Before the discovery of penicillin and other antibiotics, a cut on your knee or an ear infection could kill you. In 1928, a physician named Alexander Fleming found that a mold in one of his petri dishes was killing the bacteria he was trying to grow. This strain of mold formed the basis for one of the most significant medical discoveries in history: penicillin. Antibiotics soon became lifesavers, and so precious that unused penicillin was reclaimed from patients’ urine to give to others. However, even back then, Fleming knew that bacteria could become resistant to penicillin. In this episode, Ed Yong explains how serious the situation can become: “Bacteria have always been evolving ways of resisting the things that try to kill them. And now the overuse of antibiotics is exacerbating that problem.” Ed looks at shocking new footage of mutating bacteria thriving in antibiotics a thousand times stronger than can kill their non-superbug ancestors.

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Very well produced, entertaining and informative

teagan
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An important message - we all have to do our part to not take antibiotics for granted. Thanks for another great video!

Socratica
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The ratio of this video is insane 😭 So many views and so few likes and comments in comparison because most of us were brought here from school lol

brookecorriher
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Great video, Ed! Amazing to see evolution at breakneck speed on that megaplate.

keegansmith
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Great video and your book is fantastic too 👍

matt
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1:55 hold on, is that the soundtrack from Command & Conquer 3 I hear? Awesome.

elijahkelley
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Good show, but I want to know. What ARE viruses? You don't have to make a video and some commentor may explain.

jaedenvanderberg
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not to be that person but imagine drinking the solution w the ecoli that survived the 1000 concentration lol

oatmealqueen
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See how well they fare against carvacrol and eugenol in their evolutions!

OracleOfDalePhi
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This channel deserves more likes and subscriptions! Not sure how I haven’t heard of it until yesterday! On a mission to watch every single video today! Please keep making more videos about microbial awesomeness!!! 💕 🧫

MirandaLovesPathology