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Forgotten Cure : The Past and Future of Phage Therapy by Anna Kuchment (2011, Hardcover)

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The Forgotten Cure traces the story of phages from Paris, where they were discovered in 1917; to Tbilisi, Georgia, where one of phage therapy's earliest proponents died at the hands of Stalin; to the Nobel podium, where prominent scientists have been recognized for breakthroughs stemming from phage research.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSpringer New York

ISBN-101461402506

ISBN-139781461402503

eBay Product ID (ePID)109325707

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXvi, 132 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameForgotten Cure : the Past and Future of Phage Therapy

Publication Year2011

SubjectImmunology, Microbiology, Life Sciences / Bacteriology, Research

TypeTextbook

AuthorAnna Kuchment

Subject AreaScience, Medical

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight13.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal579.2607209

Table Of ContentPrologue.- Helpful Little Bodies.- Inside Stalin's Empire.- The Fading of Phage Therapy.- Naked Genes.- They're Not a Panacea.- In Poland: Phages for Diabetes'.- The Renaissance of Phage Therapy.- The Startups.- Four Companies, Four Strategies.- Cows and Chickens.- Approval, At Last.- In Treatment.- Epilogue.- Index.

SynopsisBefore the arrival of penicillin in the 1940s, phage therapy was one of the few weapons doctors had against bacterial infections. It saved the life of Hollywood legend Tom Mix before being abandoned by Western science. Now, researchers and physicians are rediscovering the treatment, which pits phage viruses against their natural bacterial hosts, as a potential weapon against antibiotic-resistant infections. The Forgotten Cure traces the story of phages from Paris, where they were discovered in 1917; to Tbilisi, Georgia, where one of phage therapy's earliest proponents died at the hands of Stalin; to the Nobel podium, where prominent scientists have been recognized for breakthroughs stemming from phage research. Today, a crop of biotech startups and dedicated physicians is racing to win regulatory approval for phage therapy before superbugs exhaust the last drug in the medical arsenal. Will they clear the hurdles in time?, This book traces the story of bacteriophages from Paris, where they were discovered in 1917, through Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs stemming from phage research, to today's resurgent research, spearheaded by biotech startups and dedicated physicians.

LC Classification NumberQR46