Биография сопротивления. Эпическая битва между людьми и патогенами

Tysi͡acheletii͡ami idet voĭna mezhdu li͡udʹmi i boleznetvornymi bakterii͡ami. Vmeste s antibiotikami poi͡avilasʹ nadezhda, chto chelovechestvo oderzhalo pobedu, no ėto okazalosʹ illi͡uzieĭ. Na st͡senu voennykh deĭstviĭ vykhodi͡at superbakterii - ustoĭchivye ko vsem vidam protivomikrobnykh preparatov, i oni mogut privesti k krizisu zdravookhranenii͡a nevoobrazimykh masshtabov.'Ėto budet pokhozhe na velichaĭshui͡u chumu Srednevekovʹi͡a, pandemii͡u grippa 1918 goda, krizis SPIDa 1990-kh godov i ėpidemii͡u likhoradki Ėbola 2014 goda, obʺedinennye v odnu ugrozu', - preduprezhdaet Mukhammad Zaman. Podobnye utverzhdenii͡a zvuchali i ranʹshe. Tem ne menee, blagodari͡a genialʹnym otkrytii͡am i daru predvidenii͡a, uchenym udavalosʹ otsrochitʹ totalʹnyĭ apokalipsis.No, mozhet bytʹ, vremena izmenilisʹ?Ne ischerpali li my svoi͡u udachu v borʹbe s patogenami?Skolʹko vremeni u nas ostalosʹ?Otvety na ėti i mnogie drugie voprosy pytaetsi͡a naĭti avtor knigi 'Biografii͡a soprotivlenii͡a'. Ėto zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ rasskaz o tom, pochemu i kak mikroby stanovi͡atsi͡a superbakterii͡ami, i o li͡udi͡akh, kotorye delai͡ut vse vozmozhnoe, chtoby zashchititʹ zdorovʹe chelovechestva.Mukhammad Khamid Zaman - otmechennyĭ nagradami professor biomedit͡sinskoĭ inzhenerii i mezhdunarodnogo zdravookhranenii͡a Bostonskogo universiteta v Medit͡sinskom institute Govarda Khʹi͡uza.

For thousands of years there has been a war between humans and pathogenic bacteria. Along with antibiotics, there was hope that humanity had won, but it turned out to be an illusion. Superbugs - resistant to all types of antimicrobials - are entering the war scene, and they can lead to a health crisis of unimaginable proportions.'It will be like the greatest plague of the Middle Ages, the 1918 flu pandemic, the AIDS crisis of the 1990s and the 2014 Ebola epidemic combined into one threat," warns Muhammad Zaman. Similar statements have been made before. Nevertheless, thanks to ingenious discoveries and the gift of foresight, scientists managed to delay the total apocalypse.But maybe times have changed?Have we exhausted our luck in the fight against pathogens?How much time do we have left?The author of the book "Biography of the Resistance" is trying to find answers to these and many other questions. This is an exciting story about why and how microbes become superbugs, and about people who are doing everything possible to protect the health of humanity.Muhammad Hamid Zaman is an award-winning professor of biomedical engineering and International Health at Boston University's Howard Hughes Medical Institute.