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The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee, Teresa Barker, Thomas Patterson (Hardcover, 2019)
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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 Predator is a story of love and survival against all odds, and the (re)discovery of a powerful new weapon in the global superbug crisis.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
ISBN-139780316418089
eBay Product ID (ePID)6046717255
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Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameThe Perfect Predator: a Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: a Memoir
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiology
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorSteffanie Strathdee, Teresa Barker, Thomas Patterson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height236 mm
Item Weight560 g
Item Width166 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorTeresa Barker, Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson
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- 22 May, 2019
Easy reading but you might need a hanky, the predator is the hero of the story
A fascinating insight about what is likely to become the replacement for antibiotics in the future and how an influential woman’s love for her husband saved his life with help from some very clever scientists and physicians.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
