Paul Ehrlich
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Nov 3, 2026
Morley RobbinsGUEST
That was Bill Clinton's legacy.
Morley RobbinsGUEST
And so 1892, Paul Ehrlich is curing malaria.
Morley RobbinsGUEST
1992, we're not allowed to use the word.
Morley RobbinsGUEST
And so...
speaker_4HOST
We basically just stumbled upon a multi-billion-year-old arms race and decided to harvest the weapons for ourselves.
speaker_3HOST
That's a great way to put it, and Paul Ehrlich is a great example of that early ambition, right? In 1909, he became obsessed with finding what he called a magic bullet.
speaker_4HOST
Right, the guided missile concept.
speaker_3HOST
Yeah.
KellyHOST
Now, you might not be aware of this, but the very first antimicrobial drug wasn't penicillin.
KellyHOST
It was salvarsan, developed in the early 1900s by Paul Ehrlich to treat syphilis.
KellyHOST
At that time, this was a huge breakthrough.
KellyHOST
Syphilis caused a lot of suffering and there really weren't effective treatments.
speaker_4HOST
It was entirely based on, like, soil warfare.
speaker_4HOST
But this stood in stark contrast to the earlier, perhaps more clinically relevant work of Paul Ehrlich.
speaker_3HOST
Ah, the magic bullet concept.
speaker_4HOST
Right.
Jeff SharmanGUEST
[laughs]
Chadi NabhanHOST
Like, like, I mean, you spent several pages talking about Paul, Paul Ehrlich.
Jeff SharmanGUEST
Yeah.
Chadi NabhanHOST
And I remember when I would give a talk on Rituxan or on the magic bullet for target therapy-
Jeff SharmanGUEST
Yeah
Chadi NabhanHOST
...
Chadi NabhanHOST
I had a quote of Paul Ehrlich-
Jeff SharmanGUEST
Yeah