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Discover the human body's most extraordinary structure: the immune system. Using groundbreaking science, this show reveals myths and key questions about our very own secret weapon. A complex fighting system powered by blood and lymph keeps us all alive. But how does it actually work? And can we improve it? It's time to find out. In this perfectly-timed special, experts in the field reveal not only the basics of the immune system but fascinating new...
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Discusses how to identify and develop plant materials with resistance to insect pests. Covers terminology and categories of resistance, and presents techniques for studying plant resistance. Also gives consideration to potentially resistant material. Examines the molecular biology and genetics of insect resistance in crop plants, and insect genes capable of overcoming resistance to form insect biophytes. The closing chapter presents hitherto unpublished...
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Twentieth-century medicine's confident dream of eradicating common infectious disease has gradually yielded to the reality of bacterial resistance, new diseases, and newly discovered infectious agents. In this book, Norbert Gualde reveals the difficulty, both fascinating and frightening, of predicting and controlling epidemic outbreaks. Gualde takes his readers on an exciting journey, exploring the histories of epidemics, the emergence of new diseases,...
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Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. [This book] addresses not only this issue but also what has become known...
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