A few years ago we started drawing your attention to the potential of bacteriophages as a potential second technique to overcome antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. Not to replace antibiotics, you understand. But to give clinicians another reliable component on their pharmacopeia, confusing the target organism with an attack from a different direction (LSS 21 9 20 et seq ) We seemed to have been riding a wave, as this discipline has excited growing interest.
Entirely unconnected, in another part of the forest so to speak, we have twice praised the work of awesome polymath Melvyn Bragg. (LSS 9 6 22, 21 9 23) His BBC series In Our Time is the go to portal for the greatest human achievements of all time-in the Arts, Sciences, and Letters) and should be compulsory listening for all those who consider themselves to have even a fleeting acquaintance with learning.
Imagine therefore our surprise when the great Melvyn has brought our two preoccupations together! Yes, that’s right, gentle reader, In Our Time today, July 4th 2024, has a whole programme with no less than three (count ’em, three!) Top Experts . All set for you to bask in the light of their learning. Which to make matters easier, you can obtain by clicking on the link below[1] or going later to BBC Sounds, which will post an update podcast with free extra minutes after about 11.00 BST. What’s not to like?
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020pf0
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