Description: Toxin Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). The cunning of bacterial poisons Author(s): Alistair J. Lax Format: Hardback Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom Imprint: Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 9780198605584, 978-0198605584 Synopsis What do the following have in common: the promise of Botox as the key to everlasting youthful looks; E. coli O157 hamburger disease; a mysterious illness which killed 35 heroin users in 2000; and the assassination by poisoned umbrella-tip of a Bulgarian dissident in the 1970s? The answer is that all of these are caused by toxins, the powerful biological poisons released by bacteria and some plants. In Toxin, Alistair Lax reveals the panoply of ways in which bacterial toxins overcome the defences of our cells. He explains how they work, how they are so successful in causing major diseases, the terrible human impact they have had, and how apparently 'new' diseases arise from them. He also discusses how we can combat toxins, and how we can harness their actions for beneficial purposes. Enlivened by the very human story of the persistence, rivalries, and insights from which modern microbiology grew, Toxin is the first widely accessible account of this exciting and important topic.
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Book Title: Toxin
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Toxin: the Cunning of Bacterial Poisons
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2005
Subject: Medicine, Science
Item Height: 224 mm
Item Weight: 378 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Alistair J. Lax
Item Width: 147 mm
Format: Hardcover
