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Who are we?: microbes, the puppet masters!
2008, World Scientific
in English
9812835601 9789812835604
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Why do you get a kick out of roller coaster rides and bungee jumps?
Looking into the cells : how human are we?
Looking into the command post of human cells : the nucleus, are we human at all?
Why is there so much junk in our genes?
The tendency of humans to trade-off our body functions under the assault of disease-causing microbes
Looking into our intestines
Why do we have diarrhoea?
Do we eat because we need the food?
Microbes help those who help themselves
Are we fat because we eat too much and exercise too little?
Our indecent liaison with yeast
Who is the father of democracy?
The pseudo-tyrants
Did HIV learn from smallpox?
Why are some pathogens more willing to kill the hosts than others?
SARS virus, the new kid on the block
Who is afraid of bird flu?
Why do microbes want to colonize the human body?
Does the ability to love makes humans different from lower forms of organisms?
Microbes kill for their offspring!
Does your blood type determine your fortune?
A human body without microbes?
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