| Description |
viii, 341 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-330) and index. |
| Contents |
The end of the old biology -- Superorganism ecology -- The invisible human superorganism -- The incomplete generation -- Gene swaps and switches -- Redirecting precision medicine -- The immune system gone wrong -- Patterns of disease -- The six causes of the epidemic -- Precision medicine envisaged -- You, the volatile organic compound -- Superorganism makeover -- To be a microbiome whisperer -- Your brain on microbes -- Will you do no harm? |
| Summary |
"The award-winning immunogenetics researcher and co-author of Immunotoxicity outlines a new biological paradigm about the origins of such non-communicable diseases as asthma, autism and cancer, arguing in favor of ancient-world dietary practices and protective measures against unsafe chemicals,"--NoveList. |
| Subject |
Microbiota.
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Health.
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Human body -- Microbiology.
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Health.
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| Note |
Title on jacket : Human super-organism |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Dietert, Rodney R., author. Human superorganism. New York, New York : Dutton, [2016] 9781101983911 (DLC) 2015042307 |
| ISBN |
9781101983904 (hardcover) |
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1101983906 (hardcover) |
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