The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

This book presents a revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs that will transform our lives. Imagine knowing years in advance if you’ll get cancer or having a personalized understanding of your genes, organs, and cells. Imagine monitoring your body’s well-being or having a diet tailored to your microbiome.

Daniel Davis, an award-winning scientist at the forefront of this adventure, takes readers to the cutting edge of research. Focusing on six important frontiers—cells, fetal development, the immune system, the brain, the microbiome, and the genome—Davis describes what we’re learning about these areas of human biology that are usually understood in isolation. Bringing them together, Davis offers a new vision of the human body as a biological wonder of complexity and possibility.

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