Examines a variety of drugs and vaccines to combat germs as well as emerging enemies, including anthrax and chronic wasting disease.

"The articles in this book first appeared in the pages of Scientific American.".

Beyond chicken soup / by William A. Haseltine -- Behind enemy lines / by K.C. Nicolaou and Christopher N.C. Boddy -- Edible vaccines / by William H.R. Langridge -- The unmet challenges of hepatitis C / by Adrian M. Di Bisceglie and Bruce R. Bacon -- Attacking anthrax / by John A.T. Young and R. John Collier -- Shoot this deer / by Philip Yam -- Hope in a vial / by Carol Ezzell.