Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 01:22 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Old discoveries, new cheer

In the hands of d'Herelle and others, the phage became a potent tool against cholera

chart
Premium

Alex Johnson
THE GOOD VIRUS: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage  
Author: Tom Ireland
Publisher: W W Norton
Pages: 389
Price: $30

THE MASTER BUILDER: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life 
Author: Alfonso Martinez Arias
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages: 341
Price: $32

In the 1910s, more than a decade before the discovery of penicillin, the microbiologist Felix d’Herelle was growing diarrhoea-inducing bacteria in his lab. A scientist of few credentials and uncertain birth — no one knows if he was French, Belgian or Canadian — d’Herelle hoped to start an epidemic of the runs among a plague of locusts

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in