The Language of Life
Subtitle: How Cells Communicate in Health and Disease
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
Published: April 19, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780309089890
Subjects: Cytology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Cytology; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Research; Cell interaction; Intercellular Signaling Peptid; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Paracrine Communication; Popular works; physiology
Description: "The Language of Life reveals the private conversations of cells. In place of words, however, cells use chemicals, linking molecule to molecule to construct sentences that obey formal rules of grammar and syntax as binding as those that govern our own spoken and written language. Through the exchange and interpretation of chemical signals, they report every newsworthy event, record every memory, respond to every bodily injury." "If you ever wondered how your body copes with stress and change, why you can't lose weight, or shake unreasonable fears; if you've pondered the origins of cancer or the epidemic of diabetes; or if a glimpse into the future of medicine intrigues you, this is a book you must read."--Jacket.