Tom Ireland

Gebundenes Buch

The Good Virus

The Untold Story of Phages: The Most Abundant Life Forms on Earth and What They Can Do For Us

Beschreibung

The untold story of the most abundant life form on Earth, bacteriophages, and how they play a crucial role in our lives, our health and the health of our planet.

Autor

Tom Ireland

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 159mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781529365245
• ISBN-10: 1529365244
• Artikelnr.: 67477092

Rezensionen

Most viruses do no harm to humans - and, as this fascinating book explains, a large class of them might even prove our saviours ... [Phages] regulate our gut microbiome, are crucial to marine ecosystems, and inspired the modern Crispr technique of gene-editing ... All this and more is thrillingly recounted in Tom Ireland's superb book. This is real luxury-class science writing, exploring how a "Stalin-tainted" idea from long ago can be rehabilitated, alternating scientist interviews and vivid case studies of miraculous-seeming cures with historical narrative and limpid biotechnological explanations ... He also demonstrates excellent comic timing. Steven Poole Telegraph