Pan-resistant superbugs, world travel, a love story and the use of a virus to treat a life-threatening infection–and its all absolutely true. The makings of a great book.
On this week’s program, I am joined by the authors of The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir, Steffanie Strathdee and Tom Patterson.
During the segment we look at the timeline, the research, the players and the wonderful outcome.
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For more on phage therapy in North America, visit The Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH)
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