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La prossima generazione di cure per infezioni killer di Kary Mullis

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Batteri resistenti ai farmaci uccidono, persino nei migliori ospedali. Ma ora infezioni resistenti come Stafilococco e Antrace potrebbero avere una sorpresa. Il vincitore del premio nobel per la chimica Kary Mullis, che vide un amico morire quando potenti antibiotici fallirono, scopre una cura totalmente nuova che si dimostra estremamente promettente.

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 Italian by Francesco Fanutza
Reviewed by Fabrizio Testa
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