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Lasker:

Yes, the common cold. But the common cold also needs and that makes and flu. It may turn out that flu may be preventable.

Q:

Well, now tell me this: you talked about the various types of interferon, but the immune seems to be the ultimate, and why is that?

Lasker:

It seems to cause an immune reaction in the body and provide strength to the bodies own immune reactions.

Q:

So it in a sense is more important than the others.

Lasker:

Well, that's what it looks like now. You should ask that of Gutterman when you tape him. You see, if you get a tape from Gutterman, it would be like having a tape from Lady Florey, who was the first person to use clinically penicillin and what their experiences were with penicillin for pneumonia. She had it, they made it, and she tried it on a gypsy baby, who was the smallest human who had pneumonia at the time. She had so little pure penicillin in the early days.

Q:

Lady Florey.

Lasker:

Yes, Lady Florey, Sir Howard Florey's wife. But those were her early experiences that gave credence to the whole idea of penicillin and antibiotics. But until thousands and thousands of





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