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		AnimalMuppet on Feb 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple in... I thought of penicillin, too, but "build it yourself" ruled it out, in my view.

cuspycode on Feb 10, 2020 [–]

I was thinking that growing a penicillin producing mold culture (like Fleming did) is something anyone could do, but I have to admit that I have no clue about how much more processing is needed before it can be applied medically as an antibiotic.

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