Who are we?
Subtitle: microbes, the puppet masters!
By: Yuan Kun Lee.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9789812835604
Subjects: Body, Human -- Microbiology; Host-parasite relationships; Microbial genetics; DNA, Intergenic -- physiology; DNA, Viral -- physiology; DNA, Viral -- genetics; Genetics, Behavioral; Host-Pathogen Interactions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why do you get a kick out of roller coaster rides and bungee jumps?; title: Looking into the cells : how human are we?; title: Looking into the command post of human cells : the nucleus, are we human at all?; title: Why is there so much junk in our genes?; title: The tendency of humans to trade-off our body functions under the assault of disease-causing microbes; title: Looking into our intestines; title: Why do we have diarrhoea?; title: Do we eat because we need the food?; title: Microbes help those who help themselves; title: Are we fat because we eat too much and exercise too little?; title: Our indecent liaison with yeast; title: Who is the father of democracy?; title: The pseudo-tyrants; title: Did HIV learn from smallpox?; title: Why are some pathogens more willing to kill the hosts than others?; title: SARS virus, the new kid on the block; title: Who is afraid of bird flu?; title: Why do microbes want to colonize the human body?; title: Does the ability to love makes humans different from lower forms of organisms?; title: Microbes kill for their offspring!; title: Does your blood type determine your fortune?; title: A human body without microbes?