The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir
Autor Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson Cu Teresa Barker Christine Lakin, Dan Worenen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 18 mar 2019
A
riveting
memoir
of
one
woman's
extraordinary
effort
to
save
her
husband's
life-and
the
discovery
of
a
forgotten
cure
that
has
the
potential
to
save
millions
more.
Epidemiologist
Steffanie
Strathdee
and
her
husband,
psychologist
Tom
Patterson,
were
vacationing
in
Egypt
when
Tom
came
down
with
a
stomach
bug.
What
at
first
seemed
like
a
case
of
food
poisoning
quickly
turned
critical,
and
by
the
time
Tom
had
been
transferred
via
emergency
medevac
to
the
world-class
medical
center
at
UC
San
Diego,
where
both
he
and
Steffanie
worked,
blood
work
revealed
why
modern
medicine
was
failing:
Tom
was
fighting
one
of
the
most
dangerous,
antibiotic-
resistant
bacteria
in
the
world.
Frantic, Steffanie combed through research old and new and came across phage therapy: the idea that the right virus, aka "the perfect predator," can kill even the most lethal bacteria. Phage treatment had fallen out of favor almost 100 years ago, after antibiotic use went mainstream. Now, with time running out, Steffanie appealed to phage researchers all over the world for help. She found allies at the FDA, researchers from Texas A&M, and a clandestine Navy biomedical center-and together they resurrected a forgotten cure.
A nail-biting medical mystery,The Perfect Predatoris a story of love and survival against all odds, and the (re)discovery of a powerful new weapon in the global superbug crisis.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781549148866
ISBN-10: 1549148869
Dimensiuni: 133 x 146 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 1549148869
Dimensiuni: 133 x 146 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Hachette Books
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Notă biografică
Steffanie
Strathdeeis
an
infectious
disease
epidemiologist,
and
Associate
Dean
of
Global
Health
Sciences
and
Professor
and
Harold
Simon
Chair
at
the
University
of
California,
San
Diego,
School
of
Medicine.
She
also
directs
the
new
UC
San
Diego
center
for
Innovative
Phage
Application
and
Therapeutics
and
is
an
Adjunct
Professor
at
Johns
Hopkins
and
Simon
Fraser
Universities.
She
has
been
named
one
ofTIME's
50
Most
Influential
People
in
Health
Care.
Dr. Patterson and Dr. Strathdee have worked as husband-and-wife AIDS researchers on the Mexico-US border for over a decade. This is their first book together.
Recenzii
"[A]
gripping
and
intriguing
medical
thriller...Thispage-turner
of
a
couple's
determination
to
survive
also
serves
as
a
direwarning
regarding
the
consequences
of
the
overuse
of
antibiotics."—Publishers
Weekly
(starred
review)
"A thriller, a detective story, and at its core a profound romance,The Perfect Predator is [a] breathtaking story.... It's a warning of the havoc that awaits us as antibiotics lose their power, and a glimpse of the science that could hold that dark future at bay - if we can summon the funding and the political will to create it."—Maryn McKenna, Senior Fellow of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University and author of Big Chicken and Superbug
"At once terrifying and inspiring,The Perfect Predatoris a brilliant race-against-the-clock medical thriller that is also a celebration of love, commitment, and the power of scientific collaboration."—Steven Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and The Ghost Map
"One of the singlemost compelling personal stories we've ever heard."—Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, Medium.com
"The Perfect Predatoris a compelling and heart-wrenching medical drama that would be completely unbelievable - if it weren't 100% true! Strathdee and Patterson masterfully weave together the personal, medical, and scientific strands of their battle against one of the world's worst superbugs, bringing not just Patterson, but a century-old medical technology back from the brink of death. This first-hand account of the front lines of the battle against the scourge of antimicrobial resistance underscores the human cost underlying the bland statistics."—Rob Knight, PhD, Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego and author of Follow Your Gut and Dirt Is Good
"A remarkable story of love, resilience, the science of discovery, and quite possibly the future of medicine."—Richard Horton, FRCP, FMedSci, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
"A thriller, a detective story, and at its core a profound romance,The Perfect Predator is [a] breathtaking story.... It's a warning of the havoc that awaits us as antibiotics lose their power, and a glimpse of the science that could hold that dark future at bay - if we can summon the funding and the political will to create it."—Maryn McKenna, Senior Fellow of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University and author of Big Chicken and Superbug
"At once terrifying and inspiring,The Perfect Predatoris a brilliant race-against-the-clock medical thriller that is also a celebration of love, commitment, and the power of scientific collaboration."—Steven Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and The Ghost Map
"One of the singlemost compelling personal stories we've ever heard."—Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, Medium.com
"The Perfect Predatoris a compelling and heart-wrenching medical drama that would be completely unbelievable - if it weren't 100% true! Strathdee and Patterson masterfully weave together the personal, medical, and scientific strands of their battle against one of the world's worst superbugs, bringing not just Patterson, but a century-old medical technology back from the brink of death. This first-hand account of the front lines of the battle against the scourge of antimicrobial resistance underscores the human cost underlying the bland statistics."—Rob Knight, PhD, Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego and author of Follow Your Gut and Dirt Is Good
"A remarkable story of love, resilience, the science of discovery, and quite possibly the future of medicine."—Richard Horton, FRCP, FMedSci, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
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A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.
A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.