believe that through in 10 years, science will really create a universal antibiotic, this is maria balalaeva, clinical pharmacologist, good evening, and andrey ivashchenko, an expert on innovative pharmaceuticals, hello, at the end of the program our optimist guests will make a forecast of the probability in 10 years science will indeed create a universal antibiotic; our expert, professor kapustin, will tell you about the history of antibiotics. most ordinary people, far from the world of science, for some reason are sure that all discoveries are accidental, as alexander sergeevich wrote there, an accident. god the inventor. mendeleev dreamed of a children's table, x-ray put his hand where it shouldn't, well, everyone knows about newton's apple too. there are legends about the discovery of antibiotics. in general, the first antibiotic was penicillin. alexander fleming once went on holiday, i returned from vacation and found mold on the table. this mold belonged to a rare species - penicillin. fleming later wrote. “if i had worked in a sterile laboratory, i would not have achieved anything, b