Topic: How do patients survive and how do diseases prolong human life?
Douban score: 8.7
Author:? Sharon Mowlam? /? Jonathan Prince?
Publisher:? Zhongxin Publishing Group Knowledge Cheng Bang
Producer:? Visit the polis
Subtitle:? How does disease prolong human life?
Original title:? Survival of seriously ill patients: the amazing connection between disease and longevity
Translator:? Where's Cheng?
Year of publication:? 20 18-7-20
Page:? 3 12
Content introduction:
Can sunbathing lower cholesterol?
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Why do people in the Mediterranean region have the gene of silkworm disease?
What is the principle of "Breaking Bad" Laobai extracting highly toxic from castor?
If evolution is the survival of the fittest, then why are there so many genetic diseases thriving in the long river of evolution?
Hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, iron deficiency, anemia, malaria, bean disease, nematodes … these negative words that we don't even want to mention are actually unique miracles in the evolution of life. Sharon Mowlam, an American Jewish doctor of medicine, has revealed the magic and amazing miracle of life on the road of evolution through personal experience and solid research.
Hemochromatosis saved a large number of iron-deficient children and women when the Black Death broke out in the Middle Ages.
Diabetes helped our ancestors survive the cold of the ice age;
Cholesterol helps people with dark skin in tropical areas to bring vitamin D necessary for human body;
Hypertension helps blacks who immigrate from Africa or are trafficked to the United States to synthesize more salt and water under harsh conditions;
Potato, Datura stramonium, wheat and alfalfa have all evolved "toxins" to resist the invasion of natural enemies. ...
Survival of the Sick deeply studies the evolutionary history of human beings, examines survival, human body and our understanding of diseases from a brand-new perspective, and reveals that in many times in the past, it was genetic diseases that made our ancestors gain the upper hand in the survival competition on earth.
About the author:
Sharon Mowlam is a doctor of philosophy from the University of Toronto and a doctor of medicine from Mount Sinai Medical College in new york. He specializes in rare diseases, neurogenetics and biotechnology. His academic research and medical work mainly focus on how evolution, genetics, biology and medicine completely change the way we understand diseases. Dr Mowlam is the author of many popular science works, such as sex and five senses, genetics and restarting DNA. He was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Harmonism, and co-founded two biotechnology companies, and obtained several patents. His clinical genetics research is helpful to discover two rare genetic characteristics and a new antibacterial compound.
Jonathan Prince was a senior adviser and speechwriter in the Clinton administration, and was responsible for managing NATO's communication strategy during the Kosovo War. In 2005, because of his work in improving political advertisements, Mr. Fashion named him one of the smartest people in America. He devoted himself to public affairs and environmental protection. He co-authored the book Home: The Blueprint of Our Life with former US Senator john edwards and john edwards's daughter Kate.
Brief introduction of translator
Cheng, born in 1988, is from Junan, Shandong. I graduated from School of Foreign Languages of Qingdao University with a bachelor's degree and graduated from College of Foreign Languages and Literature of Beijing Normal University with a master's degree in foreign linguistics and applied linguistics. Now I work in Beijing Information Science and Technology University, mainly engaged in translation theory and practice, cross-cultural communication and comparative study of Chinese and foreign cultures.