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The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria |
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From Publishers Weekly
Bacteria preceded human life by millions of years but will they also outlive us? Shnayerson, a staff writer at Vanity Fair magazine, and Plotkin, an ethnobotanist, paint an alarming picture of the crisis posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They focus on the three most common types: enterococci, streptococci and staphylococci. They tell of the deadly S. aureus a particularly virulent strain of staph that has shown up in deadly resistant strains and the infa... >> |
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The Design of Drugs to MacRomolecular Targets |
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From Book News, Inc.
Explores the design of new drugs in light of three-dimensional images of biological molecules on the atomic level, which are now possible. The eight chapters are independent, but form a progression from the role of macromolecules in drug action, through the physicochemical principles and computational techniques of designing small chemicals, to experimental studies illustrating the successes and increased knowledge, and an overview of how molecular tailoring com... >> |
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Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids : Supplement to Part 4 (Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: A Series Of Monographs) |
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Book Description
Internationally renowned specialists present a comprehensive survey of the latest advances in this area. The biosynthetic and structural relationships of these compounds are summarized and newly discovered alkaloids described. Discusses versatile biomimetic procedures as well as the pharmacology and clinical applications of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids. Botanical names of all plants cited have been extensively referenced.
The publisher, John Wiley & ... >> |
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