EAN: 9781838853341

WE ARE ELECTRIC - SALLY ADEE KARTONIERT (TB)

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.

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