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Missing Microbes

By Blaser, Martin J.

Missing Microbes book

Missing Microbes

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"In Missing Microbes, Martin Blaser sounds [an] alarm. He patiently and thoroughly builds a compelling case that the threat of antibiotic overuse goes far beyond resistant infections."-Nature Renowned microbiologist Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the equilibrium and health of our bodies. Now this invisible Eden is under assault from our overreliance on medical advances including antibiotics and caesarian sections, threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes and leading to severe health consequences. Taking us into the lab to recount his groundbreaking studies, Blaser not only provides elegant support for his theory, he guides us to what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future. "Missing Microbes is science writing at its very best-crisply argued and beautifully written, with stunning insights about the human microbiome and workable solutions to an urgent global crisis."-David M. Oshinsky, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2015-02-03
Publication Date:
2015-02-03
Publisher:
Holt Paperbacks
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250069270
ISBN13:
9781250069276
Weight:
383 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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