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Between Hope and Fear
- A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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It can come in waves - like tidal waves. It changes societies. It disrupts life. It ends lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues. It shows that knowledge and social cooperation can save lives. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to zombies. Their only known function is to replicate themselves, which can have devastating consequences on their hosts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat elemental
- De Bertha Watkins en 10-23-21
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Happy Accidents
- Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century
- De: Morton A. Meyers
- Narrado por: Richard Waterhouse
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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Happy Accidents is a fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the 20th century. What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra have in common? They were each discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in the search for something else. In discussing medical breakthroughs, Dr. Morton Meyers makes a cogent, highly engaging argument for a more creative, rather than purely linear, approach to science. And it may just save our lives!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your money!
- De Amazon Customer en 03-20-16
De: Morton A. Meyers
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Editing Humanity
- The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing
- De: Kevin Davies
- Narrado por: Kevin Davies
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
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Engrossing and captivating, Editing Humanity takes listeners inside the fascinating world of a new gene editing technology called CRISPR, a high-powered genetic toolkit that enables scientists to not only engineer but to edit the DNA of any organism down to the individual building blocks of the genetic code. Davies introduces listeners to arguably the most profound scientific breakthrough of our time. He tracks the scientists on the front lines of its research to the patients whose powerful stories bring the narrative movingly to human scale.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent content, solid execution
- De Samuel Finlayson en 01-25-21
De: Kevin Davies
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The Pandemic Century
- One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
- De: Mark Honigsbaum
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From the Spanish flu to the 1924 outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles to the 1930 "parrot fever" pandemic, through the more recent SARS, Ebola, and Zika epidemics, the last one hundred years have been marked by a succession of unanticipated pandemic alarms.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good
- De Baz 12345 en 04-03-20
De: Mark Honigsbaum
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An Epidemic of Absence
- A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
- De: Moises Velasquez-Manoff
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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An Epidemic of Absence asks what will happen in developing countries, which, as they become more affluent, have already seen an uptick in allergic disease: Will India end up more allergic than Europe? Velasquez-Manoff also details a controversial underground movement that has coalesced around the treatment of immune-mediated disorders with parasites. Against much of his better judgment, he joins these do-it-yourselfers and reports his surprising results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The point of view from a Veterinarian immunologist
- De rtgymnast en 11-03-17
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Missing Microbes
- How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
- De: Martin J. Blaser
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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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 health and equilibrium of our body. Now this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances-antibiotics-threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enlightening and information well supported
- De James en 05-03-15
De: Martin J. Blaser
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Influenza
- The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
- De: Dr. Jeremy Brown
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important read
- De Kathryn C. en 12-21-18
De: Dr. Jeremy Brown
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The Language of Life
- DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine
- De: Francis S. Collins
- Narrado por: Greg Itzin
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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A scientific and medical revolution has crept up on us, based on study after study, from hundreds of laboratories around the world. It is no longer just a theoretical shift: every one of us will be touched by it, and many of us already have been. The meaning of disease, our understanding of the human body, and crucial decisions about what we all need to know and what choices we make about our health are at stake. Welcome to the new world of personalized medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The future of medicine
- De Ronald E en 04-12-10
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A Short History of Medicine
- Modern Library Chronicles
- De: Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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Praised for his erudite writing, renowned scientist Frank Gonzalez-Crussi penned this concise history of medicine, beginning with the most primitive health-care practices and ending with the technology of modern medicine that we enjoy today. As with all Modern Library Chronicles, A Short History of Medicine is a wonderful primer for anyone interested in the subject.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dull and Disorganized
- De Amazon Customer en 05-21-08
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- De: Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new gene-editing tool CRISPR - a revolutionary new technology that she helped create - to make heritable changes in human embryos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In to the abyss we ascend, a scary future
- De Philomath en 06-17-17
De: Jennifer A. Doudna, y otros
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Panic Attack
- Playing Politics with Science in the Fight Against COVID-19
- De: Nicole Saphier
- Narrado por: Nicole Saphier
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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Medical doctor and national bestselling author of Make America Healthy Again Nicole Saphier reveals how politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic has baffled the public by creating distrust, fueling conspiracy theories, and making it harder for Americans to understand the necessary path forward. The pandemic has resulted in a failure of government, much of which is unavoidable in a unique disaster scenario. However, the rampant politicization of science has hopelessly muddied the water and knee-jerk anti-Trumpism made it all worse.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very disappointed
- De K. Green en 07-29-21
De: Nicole Saphier
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Ravenous
- Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection
- De: Sam Apple
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
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The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the 20th century, a man whose research was integral to humanity’s understanding of cancer. He was also among the most despised figures in Nazi Germany. As a Jewish homosexual living openly with his male partner, Warburg represented all that the Third Reich abhorred. Yet Hitler and his top advisors dreaded cancer, and protected Warburg in the hope that he could cure it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommended, a must read.
- De Joerg en 06-10-21
De: Sam Apple
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Chronic
- The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again
- De: Steven Phillips MD, Dana Parish, Kristin Loberg
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt, Thomas Allen
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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In this timely book, Steven Phillips, MD, and his former patient, Sony singer-songwriter Dana Parish, reveal striking evidence that a broad range of common infections, from COVID-19 to Lyme and many others, cause a variety of autoimmune, psychiatric, and chronic conditions. Chronic explores the science behind what makes them difficult to diagnose and treat, debunks widely held beliefs by doctors and patients alike, and provides solutions that empower sufferers to reclaim their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read book
- De Amazon Customer en 03-01-21
De: Steven Phillips MD, y otros
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The HPV Vaccine on Trial
- Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed
- De: Mary Holland, Kim Mack Rosenberg, Eileen Iorio
- Narrado por: Caroline Slaughter
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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Cancer strikes fear in people’s hearts around globe. So the appearance of a vaccine to prevent cancer - as we are assured the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will - seemed like a game-changer. Since 2006, over 80 countries have approved the vaccine, with glowing endorsements from the world’s foremost medical authorities. Bringing in over $2.5 billion in annual sales, the HPV vaccine is a pharmaceutical juggernaut. Yet scandal now engulfs it worldwide. The HPV Vaccine on Trial is a shocking tale, chronicling the global efforts to sell and compel this alleged miracle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Investigative Book!
- De Barbara Loeppke en 10-02-19
De: Mary Holland, y otros
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The Emperor of All Maladies
- A Biography of Cancer
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 22 h y 18 m
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The Emperor of All Maladies reveals the many faces of an iconic, shape-shifting disease that is the defining plague of our generation. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance but also of hubris, arrogance, paternalism, and misperception, all leveraged against a disease that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible
- De S.R.E. en 03-02-16
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COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science
- De: Marc Siegel MD
- Narrado por: Peter Van Norden
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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COVID-19 has stolen our security and our nation's peace of mind. There is a pandemic virus as well as a crippling epidemic of fear sweeping America. Why? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we already lived in an artificially created culture of fear that was just waiting to be unleashed. In COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear - government, the media, and our own psyche.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative and well sourced
- De A. Powers en 10-12-21
De: Marc Siegel MD
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The Remedy
- Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
- De: Thomas Goetz
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB - often called consumption - was a death sentence. Then, in a triumph of medical science, a German doctor named Robert Koch deployed an unprecedented scientific rigor to discover the bacteria that caused TB. Koch soon embarked on a remedy - a remedy that would be his undoing. When Koch announced his cure for consumption, Arthur Conan Doyle, then a small-town doctor in England and sometime writer, went to Berlin to cover the event.
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4 out of 5 stars
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thought-provoking
- De Jean en 07-06-14
De: Thomas Goetz
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Between Hope and Fear
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- Minsi Zhang
- 05-03-20
Enjoyed
Very informative. It's clear that the author did a lot of research and he does a great job of describing the science of immunology and the history of vaccines
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- Living in Virginia
- 06-20-20
very informative
i loved learning about the history and present stage of vaccines! a great read for everyone
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- batsncats
- 05-09-21
Safe and effective
A book to brainwash parents using buzz words like safe and effective every 5 minutes. Tried to hear the other side but it biased $cience.
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- Robert Nemshick
- 07-30-21
Terrible
I really struggled with this book. I don't know if it was the narration or just way it was written. I was hoping for so much more. Just very disappointed.
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