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Bringing the Dead Back to Life - Diagnosing TB in ancient remains Growing Up Together- How Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Homo sapiens co-evolved Populating the Planet- How TB spread around the world, and continues to do so today Altered Evolution - How the human immune system has been shaped through natural selection by TB Leaving Scars - TB doesn't induce natural immunity, so vaccination doesn't work The Patient Pathogen - Mycobacterium tuberculosis can enter into a state of hibernation in the human lung The Drugs Don't Work - How do you kill something that is barely alive? Killing the Unkillable - New drugs for bad bugs Third-world London - How TB is creeping in through the cracks Pale and Beautiful - Changing attitudes towards TB My Cat Infected Me with TB - TB in the news The People Behind the Disease - Personal stories of TB survival and recovery A Losing Battle? - How are we going to win the war against TB?
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Catching Breath, Kathryn Lougheed
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Catching Breath
- Subtitle
- The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kathryn Lougheed
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Specialist
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1472930347
- ISBN13
- 9781472930347
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Health & Medicine, Biology, Science, Medicine, Research, Murderers, Microbiology, History of Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemic, Medical Research, Infection, Tuberculosis
- Description
- Bringing the Dead Back to Life - Diagnosing TB in ancient remains Growing Up Together- How Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Homo sapiens co-evolved Populating the Planet- How TB spread around the world, and continues to do so today Altered Evolution - How the human immune system has been shaped through natural selection by TB Leaving Scars - TB doesn't induce natural immunity, so vaccination doesn't work The Patient Pathogen - Mycobacterium tuberculosis can enter into a state of hibernation in the human lung The Drugs Don't Work - How do you kill something that is barely alive? Killing the Unkillable - New drugs for bad bugs Third-world London - How TB is creeping in through the cracks Pale and Beautiful - Changing attitudes towards TB My Cat Infected Me with TB - TB in the news The People Behind the Disease - Personal stories of TB survival and recovery A Losing Battle? - How are we going to win the war against TB?