Nestali mikrobi

In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin Blaser invites us into the wilderness of the human microbiome, where bacteria and human cells lived for hundreds of thousands of years in a peaceful symbiosis responsible for the health and balance of our organism. However, today we are irreparably destroying that invisible world with one of the most valued medical achievements - antibiotics - and we are endangering irreplaceable microbes so much that some could become completely extinct. The medical consequences of this would be dire. Taking us into the laboratory and far away, to places where these disturbing consequences can be seen up close, Dr. Blaser not only introduces us to the latest evidence on the negative effects of taking antibiotics, but also advises us on what we need to do to avoid far more dangerous ones in the future. health problems.