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  • Bacteria and Intracellularity

    Series series ASM Books
    Bacteria and Intracellularity clearly demonstrates that cellular microbiology as a field has reached maturity, extending beyond the strictly cellular level to infections of various organs and tissues. Decades of intense investigation into host-bacterial pathogen interactions have highlighted common concepts in intracellularity but also very diverse mechanisms underlying the various infections ... Read more

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  • Of Microbes and Men. War and Peace on the Mucosal Surfaces

    Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 20 November 2008

    Series series Leçons inaugurales
    Our bodies contain ten times more bacteria than cells and their activity is essential for our organisms. A true symbiosis exists between humans and microbes, the complex mechanisms of which can only be decoded using molecular genetics. However these bacteria can also cause infectious and parasitic diseases which kill over 15 million people a year throughout the world. To develop effective ... Read more

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  • Immunity

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    INSIDE THE MYSTERIES OF THE HEART: See your heart in a whole new way as a leading cardiac scientist reveals astonishing insights on heart function, heart health, and heart disease.“Our blood-pumping organ and its impressive tricks deserve all our cartoon-heart emoji." —The Boston GlobeYour heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100 ... Read more

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