Historien om hur det mänskliga genomet upptäcktes och kartlades, från Aristoteles till våra dagar av en av världens mest inflytelserika författare. I Genen flätas berättelsen om hur den mänskliga koden dechiffrerades samman med Mukherjees egen familjs öde och utmynnar i den stora frågan: Vad kommer att hända med mänskligheten den dagen vi lär oss att läsa och skriva vår egen genetiska information?
Releasedatum: 2018-09-17 139,00 kr
'You are not simply the sum output of your genome. You are the user and inventor of your genome.' For years it was accepted knowledge that genes were fixed components of our bodies, and that we as individuals were incapable of altering our genetic make-up. Yet groundbreaking research suggests that changes in lifestyle and diet can greatly influence our genetic predispositions to disease and certain physical and psychological behaviours. Moreover, the adoption of ancient Vedic practices such as y...
Releasedatum: 2015-11-05 129,00 kr
In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'. So Dr Fong is well placed to share his experience of the sheer audacity of medical practice at extreme physiological limits, where human life is balanced on a knife edge. Through gripping accounts of extraordinary events and pioneering medicine, Dr Fong explores how our body responds when tested by the extremes of heat and cold, vacuum ...
Releasedatum: 2013-03-14 Genre:Yrkesrelaterat och teknik > Medicin 45,00 kr