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Utgitt
| Melbourne : Scribe , 2014
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Omfang
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Opplysninger
| Disease - specifically infectious disease - is what eventually kills the overwhelming majority of us. In fact, it's amazing that it doesn't get us sooner: we fight off millions of disease-causing germs every day. So how come we're not dead yet? In this lively and accessible book, Idan Ben-Barak tells us why. He explores the immune system and what keeps it running, how germs are destroyed, and why we develop immunities to certain disease-causing agents. He also examines the role of antibiotics and vaccines, and looks at what the future holds for our collective chances of not bei
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Emner
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Dewey
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ISBN
| 978-1-922247-66-7. - 978-1-925106-07-7
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