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How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

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‘Thrilling’ BILL BRYSON’Brilliant’ TIM SPECTOR’Extraordinary’ ALICE ROBERTSWelcome to a revolution in the science of you – this is the landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis.Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of developing specific cancers, or following a diet and health regime tailored to your microbiome, or even having continuous monitoring of your body’s workings and well-being. Written by an award-winning scientist, this landmark book shows how these radical and disconcerting possibilities have been made real. It is at once a gripping drama of scientific ingenuity, discovery and collaboration, and a vision of the human body of dizzying complexity and wonder.’The startling new discoveries…are radically altering our understanding of how we function and what our future holds’ BRIAN COX’A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives’ The Times]]>

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