As antibiotics become deactivated through resistance and emerging bacterial diseases Christopher Walsh offers new insights into antibiotic modification and design. He shows how antibiotics work on targets and reviews recent strategies for finding innovative antibiotics to replac…
A comprehensive account of the structural classes of antibiotics that have impacted human infectious disease. • Provides an introduction to antibiotics and examines how antibiotics block specific proteins acting in essential bacterial processes and how the molecular structure of…
During the post-World War II "wonder drug" revolution, antibiotics were viewed as a panacea for mastering infectious disease. This book narrates the far-reaching history of antibiotics, focusing particularly on reform efforts that attempted to fundamentally change how antibiotic…
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
"A scientific look at how the chemicals used in today's food production were developed, evaluated, and came to be in wide-spread use. From fertilizers to pest management, antibiotics to DNA, chemicals have transformed the way our food is grown, protected, and processed. Agricult…
