Man Versus Microbe: What Will It Take to Win? (Original PDF from Publisher)

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Man Versus Microbe What Will It Take to win

More than six million people died during the COVID-19 epidemic that ravaged the world in the early 2020s, causing unspeakable agony and $22 trillion in missed global GDP. We should have been prepared, but we weren’t. Managing the major issues of the twenty-first century, such as pandemics, bioterrorism, food security, and climate change, depends on discovering the secrets of microorganisms, an unseen parallel universe of microscopic life forms that surround us. To increase human lifespans and create a safer and more wealthy world, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and political leaders are vying to unlock this biological domain with potent new tools. However, such technologies require careful handling. Making a mistake here will cost you dearly. The film Man vs. Microbe explores the delicate, symbiotic, and competitive relationship between humans and microbes. A book by Brian Bremner (Senior Executive Editor, Bloomberg) on the fascinating subjects of genetics and synthetic biology is full of information on new technologies that can help readers better understand how geneticists decipher the DNA of microbes or how virus hunters hunt down bugs. Readers interested in learning more about humanity’s efforts to prevent future pandemics and the opportunities and dangers of living in a world dominated by germs should read this book. Following a disruptive pandemic, we are all now amateur epidemiologists.