Viruses vs. Superbugs

A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis?
2. 2006 Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-55193-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 297 g

Reihe: Macmillan Science

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Häusler, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Foreword At the Limits of Medicine Invincible Microbes The Pioneer Era The Renaissance A Parallel Universe Keepers of the Grail in Peril Resurrection What's the Future? Appendix Notes and References Index

Über Autor(innen)

THOMAS HÄUSLER is Chief Science Editor of the Swiss news magazine, . He has won several awards for his journalistic work, including one for an article about phage therapy in the world-renowned German weekly .