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Episode: Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us | People I (Mostly) Admire 60
Published on January 9, 2023
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Plant Hunter
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Professor Cassandra Quave, an ethnobotanist at Emory University, tells her story in an amazing new memoir entitled The Plant Hunter. Her right leg was amputated when she was three years old, and a subsequent staph infection nearly killed her.
In this episode, Steve Levitt highlights 'The Plant Hunter,' a memoir by Cassandra Quave. The book chronicles Quave's inspiring life story, including overcoming challenges such as the amputation of her leg at a young age.
I've never really taken it very seriously until I started reading your book, The Plant Hunter. Do you have the facts about how many people die each year because of drug-resistant bugs and what the projections are for, say, the year 2050?
In this segment, the host, Steve Levitt, reflects on how his perspective on antibiotic resistance changed after reading the book 'The Plant Hunter' by guest Cassandra Quave.
Reading your amazing book, The Plant Hunter, it seems like you've embraced a radically different vision for finding new antibiotics than most of your colleagues. Tell us about that approach.
The host, Steve Levitt, discusses 'The Plant Hunter,' highlighting Cassandra Quave's innovative strategies for discovering new antibiotics as outlined in her book.