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Read it. You're already living it. Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some... read more

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This book is about mysteries and miracles.

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Introduction

Chapter I Ironing It Out
Chapter II A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Temperature Go Down
Chapter III The Cholesterol Also Rises
Chapter IV Hey, Bud, Can You Do Me a Fava?
Chapter V Of Microbes and Men
Chapter VI Jump into the Gene Pool
Chapter VII Methyl Madness: Road to the Final Phenotype
Chapter VIII That's Life: Why You and Your iPod Must Die

Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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  1. Sharon Moalem (Author)
  2. Jonathan Prince (Author)

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