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Viruses Vs. Superbugs [PDF ebook]
A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis?

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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.

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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...

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THOMAS HÄUSLER 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 ...

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 298 ● ISBN 9780230552289 ● File size 23.4 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2016 ● Edition 2 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5061628 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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