How we live and why we die : the secret lives of cells /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the miraculous cell
- Discovery : how science made plain the facts of life
- How we live : how cells replicate, maintain order, evolve, and die
- How we function : how proteins determine the work of cells
- How genes work : how DNA encodes proteins
- How our cells are replaced : how stem cells self-replicate
- How we become human : how we develop from a single cell
- How we reproduce : how meiosis works
- How we move, think, and feel : how nerve cells communicate
- How we grow and why we age : how cells multiply, enlarge, and decline
- How we survive : how cells defend against bacteria and viruses
- How cancer strikes : how rogue cells form tumours
- How diseases are caused : when cells behave abnormally
- The origins of life : the mystery of the first cell.