You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome - the
bacterial fauna that populates our gut and can so profoundly affect
our health. In We Are Electric we cross the next frontier of
scientific understanding: discover your body's electrome. Every
cell in our bodies - bones, skin, nerves, muscle - has a voltage,
like a tiny battery. This bioelectricity is why our brains can send
signals to our bodies, why we develop the way we do in the womb and
how our bodies know to heal themselves from injury. When
bioelectricity goes awry, illness, deformity and cancer can result.
But if we can control or correct this bioelectricity, the
implications for our health are remarkable: an undo switch for
cancer that could flip malignant cells back into healthy ones; the
ability to regenerate cells, organs, even limbs; to slow ageing and
so much more. In We Are Electric, award-winning science writer
Sally Adee explores the history of bioelectricity: from Galvani's
epic eighteenth-century battle with the inventor of the battery,
Alessandro Volta, to the medical charlatans claiming to use
electricity to cure pretty much anything, to advances in the field
helped along by the unusually massive axons of squid. And finally,
she journeys into the future of the discipline, through today's
laboratories where we are starting to see real-world medical
applications being developed. The bioelectric revolution starts
here.
General
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2023 |
| Authors: |
Sally Adee
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| Edition: |
Export/Airside - Export/Airside/Ireland |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-83885-334-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Popular science
|
| LSN: |
1-83885-334-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781838853341 |
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