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Tuberculosis - the greatest killer of all time - has claimed more than a billion lives worldwide. Dr. Frank Ryan tells the remarkable story of the handful of dedicated doctors, chemists and bacteriologists who searched for and found a cure for this ferocious disease - an extraordinary detective feat that owed as much to luck and intuition as to any systematic scientific process. But a story that once ended in triumph now carries a dire warning, for the "old enemy" has found a new ally - AIDS - creating a deadly drug-resistant synergy that is ravaging the globe. As we face one of the worst epidemics of all time, no story could be more relevant.…mehr

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Tuberculosis - the greatest killer of all time - has claimed more than a billion lives worldwide. Dr. Frank Ryan tells the remarkable story of the handful of dedicated doctors, chemists and bacteriologists who searched for and found a cure for this ferocious disease - an extraordinary detective feat that owed as much to luck and intuition as to any systematic scientific process. But a story that once ended in triumph now carries a dire warning, for the "old enemy" has found a new ally - AIDS - creating a deadly drug-resistant synergy that is ravaging the globe. As we face one of the worst epidemics of all time, no story could be more relevant.
Autorenporträt
Frank Ryan ist Arzt und Evolutionsbiologe. Nach 23 Jahren in der medizinischen Praxis, Forschung und Lehre widmet er sich heute vor allem biowissenschaftlichen und evolutionsbiologischen Fragestellungen in Bezug auf den Menschen und stellt diese Themen in Büchern und Vorträgen einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit vor. Ryan hat entscheidenden Anteil an der neuen Sichtweise von Viren als Symbionten und wendet die Konzepte der "aggressiven Symbiose" und der "genomischen Kreativität" auf die menschliche Evolution an. Im Rahmen seiner Forschung am Department of Animal and Plant Sciences der Sheffield University versucht er, moderne evolutionäre Ansätze in die Humanmedizin einzubringen. Er hat mehrere erfolgreiche Sachbücher verfasst.