Название: People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders
Автор: Dickson Despommier, William Campbell
Издательство: Columbia University Press
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English
Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some parasites do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of "peace treaty" in exchange for their long lives within them. Many parasites also practice clever survival strategies that medical scientists hope to mimic as they search for treatments for Crohn's disease, food allergies, type 1 diabetes, organ transplantation, and other medical challenges.