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Η θεραπεία "επόμενης γενιάς" του Κάρι Μούλις για τις θανατηφόρες μολύνσεις

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Βακτήρια που αντιστέκονται στα φάρμακα σκοτώνουν ακόμα και σε κορυφαία νοσοκομεία. Αλλά τώρα δύσκολες λοιμώξεις όπως ο σταφυλόκοκκος και ο άνθρακας μπορεί να έχουν βρει τον αντίπαλό τους. Ο νομπελίστας χημικός Κάρι Μούλις, που είδε ένα φίλο του να πεθαίνει όταν απέτυχαν ισχυρά αντιβιοτικά, αποκαλύπτει μία καινοτόμο νέα θεραπεία που υπόσχεται πολλά.

Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way to copy a strand of DNA. (His technique, called PCR, jump-started the 1990s' biorevolution.) He's known for his wide-ranging interests -- and strong opinions. Full bio »

Translated into Greek by Leonidas Argyros
Reviewed by Manos Androulakakis
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