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TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

The accident that changed the world | Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

TED

Education, Teded, Technology, Animation, Entertainment, Ed, Design, Science, Ted

4.4716 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab and found something unexpected: a colony of mold growing on a Petri dish he'd forgotten to place in his incubator. And around this colony of mold was a zone completely and surprisingly clear of bacteria. What was this mysterious phenomenon? Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu detail the discovery of penicillin and how it transformed medicine. [Directed by WOW-HOW Studio, narrated by Susan Zimmerman].

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