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The guest of this episode is molecular biologist Konstantin Severinov. He talked about: How people learned to use microbial evolution for their own purposes Why it is impossible to create an antibiotic that will always be effective Why antibiotics cannot be bought without a prescription Which is better: synthetic antibiotics or natural ones 00:00 "Science against". Antibiotics 01:42 What are antibiotics? 03:31 Do microorganisms inside humans produce antibiotics? 06:02 How was penicillin discovered? 09:11 About the beta-lactam ring 12:38 About antibiotic resistance in bacteria and viruses 17:10 Why it is impossible to create an antibiotic that will always work? 18:44 What can replace antibiotics? 19:21 About the delayed effects of the pandemic and the crisis of antibiotic resistance in the world 24:01 Why antibiotics cannot be sold without a prescription? Follow @RTVItainment and like RTVI News - all the main events in 24/7 format: / myrtvi