The fascinating and dramatic story of a forgotten, life-saving cure to conquer deadly bacterial infections - bacteriophages - and the remarkable scientists behind them
When antibiotics started to fail the race to save humanity from deadly antibiotic resistant infections began. Science journalist Lina Zeldovich reveals the remarkable history of bacteriophages or 'phages', through the colourful lives of the British, French, Soviet and American scientists who discovered, developed and are now reviving this unique living medicine for seemingly incurable diseases.
Starting with the original discovery of bacteriophages, or 'phages', in 1917, Zeldovich reveals how they were all but forgotten as antibiotics rose to medical stardom in the West and Stalin purged leading scientists behind them in the former Soviet Union. It was only when patients started dying from antibiotic resistant infections that those scientists who fled the former Soviet Union realised their unique knowledge of phages presented a safe and effective solution for the future of humanity. Today new work has begun to develop this cure to safeguard our future.
Eye-opening, gripping and impeccably researched, The Living Medicine is a remarkable portrayal of how curiosity, bravery and collaboration seeded one of the most important scientific discoveries of our time.
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The Living Medicine
The remarkable history of a life-saving cure and how it will rescue us when antibiotics fail
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The Living Medicine
The remarkable history of a life-saving cure and how it will rescue us when antibiotics fail
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Topic
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ImmunologyTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Also by Lina Zeldovich
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- 1. The Surge of the Superbugs
- 2. The Parasite of Microbes
- 3. A Georgian in Paris
- 4. Phages Rise to Fame and Glory
- 5. Together in Tiflis
- 6. The Great Terror
- 7. Hell on Earth, Cholera in Water, Phages Underground
- 8. The Rise of the Superbugs
- 9. Phages Endangered
- 10. A Georgian in Maryland
- 11. The Phage Whisperer
- 12. Naive and Stubborn, a Winning Combination
- 13. The Superbug That Won the Oscar—and the FDA
- 14. The Perfect Storm’s Aftermath
- 15. Phaging into the Future
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Plates
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