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Author Wolpert, L. (Lewis)

Title How we live and why we die : the secret lives of cells / Lewis Wolpert
Edition First American edition
Published New York : Norton, 2009

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Description 240 pages ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents 1. Introduction: the miraculous cell -- 2. Discovery: how science made plain the facts of life -- 3. How We Live: how cells replicate, maintain order, evolve and die -- 4. How We Function: how proteins determine the work of cells -- 5. How Genes Work: how DNA encodes proteins -- 6. How Our Cells Are Replaced: how stem cells self-replicate -- 7. How We Become Human: how we develop from a single cell -- 8. How We Reproduce: how meiosis works -- 9. How We Move, Think and Feel: how nerve cells communicate -- 10. How We Grow and Why We Age: how cells multiply, enlarge and decline -- 11. How We Survive: how cells defend against bacteria and viruses -- 12. How Cancer Strikes: how rogue cells form tumours -- 13. How Diseases Are Caused: when cells behave abnormally -- 14. The Origins of Life: the mystery of the first cell
Notes "First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Faber and Faber Limited."---T.p. verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cytology -- Popular works.
Developmental cytology -- Popular works.
LC no. 2009009718
ISBN 9780393072211 hardback
Other Titles Secret lives of cells