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Superbugs That Resist Antibiotics Can Evolve in 11 Days

I Contain Multitudes

Superbugs That Resist Antibiotics Can Evolve in 11 Days

Season 1 Episode 2 | 8m 51s | CC

Ed looks at shocking new footage of mutating bacteria thriving in antibiotics a thousand times stronger than can kill their non-superbug ancestors.

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