Dr Martin Blaser is a world-renowned expert on the role of bacteria in human disease. He is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at New York University, where he directs the Human Microbiome Program, and his research has appeared in journals including BMJ and Lancet. Blaser and his work have been covered by the BBC, CNN, Wired, New Scientist, Nature, The New Yorker, and others. He lives in New York.
‘Excellent popular science’
*Independent on Sunday*
'Eye-opening'
*Observer*
‘Very readable… frighteningly convincing’
*New Scientist*
'A restless intellect... [Blaser] has devoted most of his working
life to the study.'
*The New Yorker*
'Dr Blaser’s credibility as a world class scientist and physician
makes this exploration of our body’s microbial world particularly
provocative. Missing Microbes will make you rethink some
fundamental ideas about infection. Blaser’s gift is to write
clearly and to take the reader on a fascinating journey
through the paradoxes and insights about the teeming world
within us.'
*Abraham Verghese MD, bestselling author of CUTTING FOR STONE*
'Most bacteria are our friends even if we don't yet realize it. In
this book, Martin Blaser opens a window on the unseen microbes who
live with us and have made us their home. We should appreciate them
for everything they do for us – including keeping many nasty
pathogens at bay. I recommend Missing Microbes to everyone, whether
scientist or lay reader. Let’s make peace, not war, with the
bacteria who support us.'
*Sir Richard J. Roberts, Nobel Prize-winning biologist*
‘Unlike some books on medicine and microbes, Dr Blaser doesn’t stir
up fears of exotic diseases or pandemic “superbugs” resistant to
all known drugs. He focuses on a simpler but more profound concern:
the damage that modern life inflicts on a vast number of microbes
that all of us, even healthy people, carry inside us at all
times.’
*Wall Street Journal*
‘In a world that turns to antibiotics for every infection of the
ear, sinuses, or skin, Dr Blaser makes even the most nervous parent
think twice about giving her child these ubiquitous drugs… Blaser
delivers a thoughtful, well-written, and compelling case for why
doctors need to be more cautious about prescribing these
medications and why consumers should consider alternatives before
taking them.’
*Nirav R. Shah MD, MPH, Commissioner of Health, New York State*
'I have often wondered why kids today seem to have such a high
incidence of asthma, ear infections, allergies, reflux oesophagitis
and so many other conditions that I rarely saw growing
up. This mystery has been solved by the pioneering work of Dr
Martin Blaser and is communicated brilliantly in Missing
Microbes. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this
book to your own health, to the health of your children and
grandchildren and to the health of our society. Missing
Microbes is truly a must read.'
*Arthur Agatston, New York Times bestselling author of THE SOUTH
BEACH DIET*
'An engrossing examination of the relatively unheralded yet
dominant form of life on Earth.'
*Publishers Weekly*
'A masterful work of preventive health and superb science
writing.'
*Booklist*
'Fascinating and passionate.'
*Bookseller*
'We live today in a world of modern plagues, defined by the
alarming rise of asthma, diabetes, obesity, food allergies and
metabolic disorders. This is no accident, argues Martin
Blaser, the renowned medical researcher: the common link being the
destruction of vital bacteria through the overuse of broad-spectrum
antibiotics. Missing Microbes is science writing at its very
best—crisply argued and beautifully written, with stunning insights
about the human microbiome and workable solutions to an urgent
global crisis.'
*David M. Oshinsky, Pulitzer prize-winning author of POLIO*
‘Blaser presents a sensible plan for reclaiming our microbial
balance and avoiding calamity both as a society...and on the
individual level.’
*Discover*
'Why are you fat, why does your son has asthma, and why is
your thireen-year-old daughter six feet tall? Martin Blaser
says our bodies are missing vital, beneficial bacteria, and I
guarantee that after reading this book you will agree. Take a pass
on the antibiotics and read Missing Microbes.'
*Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer*
‘In Missing Microbes, Martin Blaser sounds [an] alarm. He patiently
and thoroughly builds a compelling case that the threat of
antibiotic overuse goes far beyond resistant infections.’
*Nature*
‘As a world leader in defining the microbiome, Dr Blaser explains
how disturbing its natural balance is affecting common conditions
such as obesity and diabetes, long thought of as primarily
nutrition and lifestyle related problems. Blaser’s carefully and
convincingly written book outlines new dimensions that need to be
considered in fighting a number of common diseases and in promoting
health and well-being.’
*Richard Deckelbaum, Director, Institute of Human Nutrition,
Columbia University*
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