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How we live and why we die : the secret lives of cells / Lewis Wolpert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolpert, L. (Lewis)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cytology--Popular works.
- Cytology.
- Developmental cytology--Popular works.
- Developmental cytology.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Secret lives of cells
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393072211
- 0393072215
- OCLC:
- 316513389
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