Superbugs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Superbugs write by Matt McCarthy. This book was released on 2020-06-09. Superbugs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. International Bestseller "An amazing, informative book that changes our perspective on medicine, microbes and our future." --Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop for the compulsively readable Superbugs, and the results will impact nothing less than the future of humanity. Dr. McCarthy explores the history of bacteria and antibiotics, from Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, to obscure sources of innovative new medicines (often found in soil samples), to the cutting-edge DNA manipulation known as CRISPR, bringing to light how we arrived at this juncture of both incredible breakthrough and extreme vulnerability. We also meet the patients whose lives are hanging in the balance, from Remy, a teenager with a dangerous and rare infection, to Donny, a retired New York City firefighter with a compromised immune system, and many more. The proverbial ticking clock will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Can Dr. McCarthy save the lives of his patients infected with the deadly bacteria, who have otherwise lost all hope?
Superbugs
Superbugs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Superbugs write by William Hall (Author of Superbugs). This book was released on 2018. Superbugs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Superbugs describes this growing global threat, the systematic failures that have led to it, and solutions that governments, industries, and public health specialists can adopt.--
Viruses Vs. Superbugs
Viruses Vs. Superbugs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Viruses Vs. Superbugs write by T. Häusler. This book was released on 2016-05-24. Viruses Vs. Superbugs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of hope from the past are viruses that kill bacteria, but not us. Award-winning science journalist Thomas Häusler investigates how these long-forgotten cures may help sick people today.
The Perfect Predator
The Perfect Predator - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Perfect Predator write by Steffanie Strathdee. This book was released on 2019-02-26. The Perfect Predator available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. "A memoir that reads like a thriller." -New York Times Book Review "A fascinating and terrifying peek into the devastating outcomes of antibiotic misuse-and what happens when standard health care falls short." -Scientific American Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the time Tom had been transferred via emergency medevac to the world-class medical center at UC San Diego, where both he and Steffanie worked, blood work revealed why modern medicine was failing: Tom was fighting one of the most dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world. Frantic, Steffanie combed through research old and new and came across phage therapy: the idea that the right virus, aka "the perfect predator," can kill even the most lethal bacteria. Phage treatment had fallen out of favor almost 100 years ago, after antibiotic use went mainstream. Now, with time running out, Steffanie appealed to phage researchers all over the world for help. She found allies at the FDA, researchers from Texas A&M, and a clandestine Navy biomedical center -- and together they resurrected a forgotten cure. A nail-biting medical mystery, The Perfect Predator is a story of love and survival against all odds, and the (re)discovery of a powerful new weapon in the global superbug crisis.
Superbugs Strike Back
Superbugs Strike Back - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Superbugs Strike Back write by Connie Goldsmith. This book was released on 2007-01-01. Superbugs Strike Back available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains how superbugs came to be, what scientists are doing to fight them, and how you can protect yourself against these microscopic menaces.
