Catching Breath: The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis - Couverture rigide

Lougheed, Kathryn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1472930339 ISBN 13 : 9781472930330

Editeur : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017

Synopsis

A biography of tuberculosis, an ancient disease - but still a present danger.

Tuberculosis has twisted through the millennia hand-in-hand with humanity, leaving its marks on our culture, our history and our DNA, from the birth of Homo sapiens right up to the present day. TB continues to kill more people than any other infectious agent; it may be an ancient disease, but TB is not a disease of history.

In Catching Breath, Kathryn Lougheed asks what has made Mycobacterium tuberculosis such a successful bacterium, and how we can use this knowledge to consign it to the history books. We follow its path through the ages, from its time gathering strength as a latent infection of hunter-gatherers to its rise alongside human urbanisation and industrialisation, and learn just how connected human history is to TB - from an Ancient Egyptian murder mystery and the rumours of the first vampires to a tragedy set in the Amazon rainforest.

Catching Breath looks at the hidden biology behind the interactions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with its human host, and shows how drug resistance, the HIV epidemic, poverty and inequality work together to ensure that TB remains one of the most serious problems in world medicine.

If we can understand the makings of TB, then maybe we can find a way to unmake it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kathryn Lougheed worked in tuberculosis research for more than ten years, focusing on the biological mechanisms of latent tuberculosis and small molecule drug discovery. She completed her PhD at Imperial College London in 2006, before moving to the National Institute for Medical Research where she collaborated with industrial partners to develop inhibitors targeted against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, followed by further research at Imperial. During her career, Kathryn published dozens of peer-reviewed papers and was an active member of the tuberculosis research community.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Sigma
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472930339
• ISBN 13: 9781472930330
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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