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"Missing Microbes presents a surprisingly clear perspective on a complex problem."-The Philadelphia Inquirer
In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the equilibrium and health of our bodies. Now this invisible Eden is under assault from our overreliance on medical advances including antibiotics and caesarian sections, threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes and leading to severe health consequences. Taking us into the lab to recount his groundbreaking studies, Blaser not only provides elegant support for his theory, he guides us to what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future.
Download PDF Missing Microbes How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues 9781250069276 Medicine Health Science Books
"Like most well-read denizens of the internet's scientific literature, I was aware that there was something going on with the microbes that live in our gut. I couldn't have fathomed the associations that actually exist, or the depth of them. To the credit of the author, Dr. Blaser doesn't make concrete claims in the absence of evidence, but doesn't mince words about links that warrant further investigation.
As a study of microbiology, I would suggest this book to any first or second year students going into medical laboratory science as inspiring and eye-opening toward the next decade in medicine.
This was an enlightening view"
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Missing Microbes How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues 9781250069276 Medicine Health Science Books Reviews
- I just closed this book and I felt the need to immediately review it. As a student microbiologist, chemist, and current medical worker, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Dr. Blaser lays out the complexity and wonder of the microscopic world in a way that's fathomable to a general audience. He approaches the dense subject matter of the (human) microbiome in a gentle, laid back yet informative manner, making this book a relatively simple read for even those with little to no scientific background. I will be recommending this book to everyone I know, especially those working in the medical, or any science driven, field (as well as any politician I may come across, ha!) Even if you know nothing about microbiology, and your last science class was in high school, I urge you to read this informative masterpiece. I cannot overstate the urgency of this topic, and I believe this book can provide anyone with a perfect segue into the crisis of the overuse of antibiotics (or the rise of "superbugs", if that catches your attention more.)
This is now one of my favorite books! Give it a try! - I won't describe the contents because you can get that from other reviews, and from the books title.
I recommend this book because it alerts us to an impending world-wide evolutionary threat to human life. Actually, impending isn't the right word because the antibiotic resistance crisis is already here.
Unfortunately doctors and health professionals in general don't - or can't - do much to inform their patients about this. We as healthcare consumers are still trapped in a vicious cycle of antibiotic overuse, followed by unintended health consequences, followed by treatment for the unintended consequences....this has to stop.
That will only happen when an informed public demands it.
Please read the book! It is highly readable, with excellent insights into how the research process works, based on the author's own long experience. - This book has good chapters on various aspects of gut biome issues and antibiotics. The author gives clear explanations and has extensive expertise in the field.
One thing that is slightly misleading, though the major issues are covered in a general manner a lot of the specifics are focussed on Helicobacter Pylori, which is a stomach centered bacteria rather than something from lower down. I was expecting more coverage of the range of bacteria in the intestinal biome. This in no way detracts from the quality of the book as a some of the issues with H. Pylori seems to be those of the general intestinal biome also.
Overall there is quite a wide and big picture view as well as the focus on H Pylori case studies. For example the author mentions work on Caesarian birth innoculation and other clean hypothesis issues. The case studies themselves are presented in a good scientific manner with descriptions of the protocols and evidence for the findings. Also this book made me want to go work with Dr. Blaser on studies like the one he described. Important work. - I just finished reading it once and started reading again, it's that important. Should be required reading at every university, across the world.
I've been studying about the human microbiome for the last 3 years. Martin Blaser's book is critically important to worldwide health. Educate your congressmen, educate the public, educate our health care professionals, we can't continue to keep making the mistakes that we have been making.
Funding to unlock the secrets of how to restore diversity of this ecosystem we carry should be increased a thousand percent, it's that critical for restoring health, worldwide. And for God's sake we have to stop the barbaric practice of feeding antibiotics to our livestock as growth enhancers. - Like most well-read denizens of the internet's scientific literature, I was aware that there was something going on with the microbes that live in our gut. I couldn't have fathomed the associations that actually exist, or the depth of them. To the credit of the author, Dr. Blaser doesn't make concrete claims in the absence of evidence, but doesn't mince words about links that warrant further investigation.
As a study of microbiology, I would suggest this book to any first or second year students going into medical laboratory science as inspiring and eye-opening toward the next decade in medicine.
This was an enlightening view - This is a great book, taking readers into the cool new science of the microbiome. I liked the first-hand accounts Blaser gives of his research, especially how he starts the book with describing Helicobacter pylori and other scientists' assumptions that this was always a "bad" microbe. I think he's taken some flak for his hypothesis that antibiotics lies at the root of many chronic and autoimmune conditions, but it's certainly reasonable to think that exterminating the bacterial communities (and others) indigenous to our bodies will have an effect, and probably not a good one. I liked how he explained the basic differences between viruses and bacteria and why an antibiotic effective against bacteria can't do squat to get rid of a virus. The latter half of the book, in which Blaser shares his research on H. pylori is particularly intriguing. This bacterium might be good for us early in life, but not so good as we move into adulthood (it puts a person at risk of stomach cancer). A really good overview of the human microbiome well worth your time.
