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Author Blaser, Martin J.

Title Missing microbes : how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues / Martin J. Blaser, MD.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1590777~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  615.7922 BLA    AVAILABLE
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Description 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-256) and index.
Summary In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin 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.
Subject Antibiotics.
Antibiotics -- Effectiveness.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
ISBN 9780805098105 (hbk.)
0805098100 (hbk.)
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