Symbiotic
How Viruses Make Us Human
$46.74
- Hardcover
296 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2027
Summary
How viruses are integral to our health and well-being, from symbiotic infections embedded in our DNA to new vectors delivering cutting-edge gene therapies
Our bodies are home to viral multitudes. Live viruses circulating in our blood help protect us from harmful bacteria. Bursts of viral particles are released in our brains every time we make a new memory. A dormant virus is activated in nerve cells when we become excited during learning. Following the traces of virus…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691270371 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691270376 |
| Author: | Eben Kirksey |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Eben Kirksey
Eben Kirksey is professor of anthropology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross College. He studies how plants, animals, and microbes shape the lives of people. He is the author of The Mutant Project, Freedom in Entangled Worlds, and Emergent Ecologies.
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