Treating infectious diseases in a microbial world : report of two workshops on novel antimicrobial therapeutics /

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Corporate author / creator:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: New Classes of Antimicrobials.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (x, 92 pages) : illustrations, charts
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141431
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Other authors / contributors:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: Immunomodulation.
ISBN:0309654904
9780309654906
1280310057
9781280310058
9786610310050
661031005X
0309100569
9780309100564
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Summary:Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism are forcing scientists to look for new ways to confront the microbes that do pose a danger. This report identifies innovative approaches to the development of antimicrobial drugs and vaccines based on a greater understanding of how the human immune system interacts with both good and bad microbes. The report concludes that the development of a single superdrug to fight all infectious agents is unrealistic.
Other form:Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: New Classes of Antimicrobials. Treating infectious diseases in a microbial world. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2006 0309100569