A Mold with a Grudge

<p>It started with a messy lab and a mysterious mold. But turning “mold juice” into the world’s first antibiotic would take a sick policeman, a market cantaloupe, and an extraordinary wartime collaboration between scientists, governments, and industry. This is the story of how penicillin changed the world.</p><p>Guests:</p><p><strong>Kevin Brown</strong>, Trust Archivist to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and curator of the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum at St. Mary’s Hospital; author of <em>Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution</em></p><p><strong>Diane Wendt</strong>, curator in the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History</p>