502: The Origin of Antibiotics- Semi Synthetics

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their series on the history and origin stories of commonly used antibiotics. Along the way they discuss masterpiece theater, the secret origins of sulfa drugs, Nobels and Nazis, pharmacokinetics, bacitracin, farming fun facts, tetracycline, plant physiologists, vancomycin and scientis naming conventions, rifampin crime films, and more! So Sit back and relax as we give you a second dose of antibiotic history!

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Sources
1)https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/one-girl-mishap-creation-antibiotic-bacitracin-180963236/
2)https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51907943_The_history_of_the_tetracyclines
3)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142077/
4)https://books.google.com/books?id=av5SHPiHVcsC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=nocardia+mediterranei+rifampin+rififi&source=bl&ots=Pqe6SQ_mCK&sig=9nXe0vXayK2SCqa5anGUFI85Ttk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju-YfhpKfdAhXvm-AKHek-BmkQ6AEwB3oECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=nocardia%20mediterranei%20rifampin%20rififi&f=false

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