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To: Lorianne
Scientists might have accidentally made a huge step forward in the search for a cure for cancer

Funny how so many great strides in the advancement of medicine have been made by accident.

12 posted on 09/02/2016 12:23:02 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

“Funny how so many great strides in the advancement of medicine have been made by accident.”

They still don’t know what penicillin really is. I mean it is a mold, but what sort? It has never been found in the wild. It wafted in though an open window and was ‘discovered’ but they have never isolated it in the wild. Ever bit of penicillin we have came from that one wayward spore.


14 posted on 09/02/2016 12:28:51 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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