Viruses vs. Superbugs book review
Viruses vs. Superbugs, A Solution to the Antibiotic Crisis?/Thomas Hausler
This was one of those books that I was just going to do a quick skim through to glean what information I could but instead I found myself totally drawn into it and read every page. It talks about the history and challenges of a medical therapy that was just beginning to be used to
combat bacteria when penicillin and antibiotics were discovered. It could be the answer to overcoming those superbug bacteria that have become completely resistant to antibiotics. Though the challenges of getting the money for research to get FDA approval for medical use may be more than any company is willing to take on, the application in the acgriculture and meat production areas could be life changing. A way to eliminate the use of antibiotics in our food sources, which will also help with the overuse of antibiotics. It may eliminate the fear of samonella and mad cow disease. Fascinating book, It will be interesting to follow where phage ( viruses that kill bacteria but not us) therapy goes in the future.
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