Rising Plague

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#142

Author: sbm
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:01

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"Rising Plague: The Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and 
Our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight Them" by Brad Spellberg
(Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/RisingPlague )

(M&C) - Meant as a serious wakeup call to professionals and 
laypersons alike, this is a well researched yet 
approachable examination of a frightening future as the 
adaptability of bacteria threatens to overtake humanity�s 
ability to create effective antibiotics. As drug companies 
continue to focus on the more lucrative markets of erectile 
dysfunction or overactive bladders, the number of new 
antibiotics under development has dwindled to a pitiful 
few. This, at a time when numerous strains of bacteria have 
developed alarming resistance to every antibiotic currently 
available and kill over 100,000 Americans annually..

Continued: http://xrl.us/RisingPlague2

Re: Rising Plague

#143

Author: N10
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:26

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You would do better to go get a Doctorate in Pharmacology or Microbiology 
and do something about this problem you percevive than actually prophiting 
from writing about it.


N10

"sbm" <remailer@reece.net.au> wrote in message 
news:W9QH9LTC40076.9594328704@reece.net.au...
> "Rising Plague: The Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and
> Our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight Them" by Brad Spellberg
> (Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/RisingPlague )
>
> (M&C) - Meant as a serious wakeup call to professionals and
> laypersons alike, this is a well researched yet
> approachable examination of a frightening future as the
> adaptability of bacteria threatens to overtake humanity's
> ability to create effective antibiotics. As drug companies
> continue to focus on the more lucrative markets of erectile
> dysfunction or overactive bladders, the number of new
> antibiotics under development has dwindled to a pitiful
> few. This, at a time when numerous strains of bacteria have
> developed alarming resistance to every antibiotic currently
> available and kill over 100,000 Americans annually..
>
> Continued: http://xrl.us/RisingPlague2
>
>
>

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