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Viruses vs. Superbugs A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis? Paperback - 2007

by Thomas Hausler


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In the US alone some 90,000 people die from superbugs--bacteria that have grown immune to antibiotics. Officials agree that this problem will only get worse with time and new alternatives must be found. One alternative that is being considered by scientists is a kind of virus called a bacteriophage. "Phages"--viruses that kill bacteria but not humans--were discovered in 1915. Phage therapy was successfully used for twenty years before the invention of penicillin made them obsolete everywhere but Eastern Europe, where they are still in use today. In its first English translation, this book tells the fascinating story behind the history of the phage, its discovery and development, as well as the strides that are being made to bring the therapy back to the West today.

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  • Title Viruses vs. Superbugs A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis?
  • Author Thomas Hausler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd Revised edit
  • Pages 256
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Macmillan, Unknown
  • Date November 13, 2007
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780230551930

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