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Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
By Blaser, Martin J.
- ISBN
- 9780805098105 9780805098112
- Publisher
- Holt
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Starred Review on June 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Considering our current obsession with antibacterial hand sanitizers and other cleanliness rituals, most people probably do not realize—or, frankly, want to know—that 90 percent of a human's cells are actually bacteria. That fact poses questions that challenge basic assumptions: Does that mean we are coexisting with these microbes? But aren't bacteria the enemy? Infectious disease specialist Blaser, who directs the Human Microbiome Program at New York Universi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
