Moving targets fighting the evolution of resistance in infections, pests, and cancer : a report on an American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2012

Antibiotics, antivirals, herbicides, insecticides, and anti-cancer drugs may seem to have little in common, but biologically each serves a similar purpose. Whether they are used to cure a disease, control an insect that spreads disease, or reduce crop losses, the goal of their use is to weaken or el...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, Shannon E.
Corporate Authors: American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium (2012 July, Philadelphia, Pa.), American Society for Microbiology
Other Authors: Reid, Ann ([rapporteur])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology [2012?], 2012
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a Antibiotics, antivirals, herbicides, insecticides, and anti-cancer drugs may seem to have little in common, but biologically each serves a similar purpose. Whether they are used to cure a disease, control an insect that spreads disease, or reduce crop losses, the goal of their use is to weaken or eliminate a living entity that is harming humans or their enterprises. The deployment of antibiotics, insecticides, and other selective chemical weapons has had enormous health and economic benefits; not for nothing were early antibiotics proclaimed to be "miracle drugs."