Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser audiobook

Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

By Martin J. Blaser
Read by Patrick Lawlor

Tantor Audio

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9798200032013

  • ISBN: 9798200032037

Runtime: 8.73 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Science
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take listeners to the forefront of trail-blazing research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health: contributing to the rise of obesity, asthma, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer.

In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances—antibiotics—threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences.

Taking us into both the lab and deep into the fields where these troubling effects can be witnessed firsthand, Blaser not only provides cutting-edge evidence for the adverse effects of antibiotics, he tells us what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

An engrossing examination of the relatively unheralded yet dominant form of life on Earth. Publishers Weekly Starred Review

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Author

Author Bio: Martin J. Blaser

Author Bio: Martin J. Blaser

Dr. Martin J. Blaser has studied the role of bacteria in human disease for over thirty years. He is the director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU. He founded the Bellevue Literary Review and has been written about in newspapers including Nature, the New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. His more than one hundred media appearances include The Today Show, GMA, NPR, the BBC, The O’Reilly Factor, and CNN. He lives in New York City.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Science
Runtime: 8.73
Audience: Adult
Language: English