Discussion Leaders:
Dates:
September 29-October 6
Reading Assignment:
For Friday, 29 September:
Penicillin pgs. 624-625, 629-630, 653 (in the notebook)
Bacterial Cell Walls pgs. 320-323 (in the notebook)
Penicillin: Personalities and Conflicts (from Miracle Cure, in the notebook)
For Monday 2 October:
The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance (read only the sections labeled "Antibiotic Use Is Out Of Control" and "Reversing Resistance")
Please submit your discussion questions about antibiotic resistance and the use of antibiotics or about the development and use of penicillin in wartime by e-mail to the discussion leaders and to the instructors. They can then be integrated into the discussions on Wednesday and Friday.
For Wednesday, 4 October:
Breakdown of penicillin by resistant bacteria elucidated
The Microbial World: Penicillin and other antibiotics
Penicillin: Structures and Functions
For Friday, 6 October:
Be prepared to discuss the following questions:
For Friday, 29 September:
For Monday 2 October:
Who should have shared in the Nobel Prize?
For Wednesday, 4 October:
Should anybody who actually needs antibiotics be denied them in order to prevent an antibiotic-resistant future?
For Friday, 6 October:
Should penicillin have been kept a confidential military matter in WWII?
Should Florey have been willing to destroy penicillin evidence in the face of a possible German invasion?
How would penicillin's development have been different in the absence of WWII?
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