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International Bestseller

An amazing, informative book that changes our perspective on medicine, microbes and our future.
--Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies

A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs.

Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop for the compulsively readable Superbugs, and the results will impact nothing less than the future of humanity.

Dr. McCarthy explores the history of bacteria and antibiotics,

Superbugs Deadly Microbes and the Extraordinary

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: 09/06/2020
      ISBN13: 9780735217515, 978-0735217515
      ISBN10: 0735217513

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      International Bestseller

      An amazing, informative book that changes our perspective on medicine, microbes and our future.
      --Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies

      A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs.

      Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop for the compulsively readable Superbugs, and the results will impact nothing less than the future of humanity.

      Dr. McCarthy explores the history of bacteria and antibiotics,

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