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Noted science writer William Sargent delves into the murky, often intertwined worlds of medical research and biological warfare to determine if Covid-19 was, caused by accidents similar to those that have occurred from 1617 to the present.
Sargent reveals that mistakes made in dual use medical research and biological weapons facilities led to tick borne diseases in the United States, smallpox, anthrax and other germ outbreaks in Russia.
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"We are more bacteria than we realize, not just in number of cells, but because of the many ways in which bacteria have shaped our history and evolution."
Bacterial Lenses shows how closely related human and bacterial evolution are in a constantly changing world. Medina's goal is to provide the reader with an entertaining and easily accessible guide to understanding the impact of bacteria on our history and everyday lives.
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Le terme tuberculose englobe toutes les manifestations pathologiques susceptibles d'être provoquées dans l'organisme par un agent pathogène bactérien spécifique, le bacille de Koch (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). De toutes les localisations de cette affection, la tuberculose pulmonaire (cf...
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La bactériologie a pris naissance dans le sillage de la chimie, à partir du milieu du XIXe siècle. Elle devait devenir en quelques décennies une science autonome sous l'impulsion de trois savants de génie: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), qui a créé la bactériologie appliquée en...
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Scott L. Gardner is curator of parasites in the H. W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology at the University of Nebraska State Museum and professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Judy Diamond is professor and curator at the University of Nebraska State Museum and professor of libraries at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her books include Kea, Bird of Paradox; Concealing Coloration in Animals; and Thinking Like a...
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A science-based guide to preventing children's allergies and optimizing gut health
Includes a 9-week meal plan for safely introducing commonly allergic foods
For many families, eczema, asthma, hay fever and food allergies are constant anxieties, sometimes with devastating consequences. But what if there was a way to prevent allergies from the start? What if early lifestyle changes could change your baby's life?
In The Healthy Baby Gut Guide, leading...
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Pandemics cannot be eliminated, but they can be stopped; the trick is discovering what will curtail any one particular outbreak. Renowned environmentalist and science writer Albert Bates presents an easy-to-understand scientific overview of the global consequences of pandemics and offers a fresh perspective on how we can coexist with them, individually and collectively. Bates recounts the history of deadly pandemics and provides a basic explanation...
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