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The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.64
EAN: 9780521542357
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0521542359
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: December 06, 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press
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New discoveries indicate that the most important interactions in determining our fate occur before birth. These processes are an evolutionary echo of mechanisms which allowed our ancestors to survive as hunter-gatherers. Two of the world's leading pioneering authorities reveal exciting insights into a rapidly emerging field. They suggest new ways of protecting the health of the fetus, infant and adult and cover important triggers for many emerging diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
New discoveries suggest that the most important interactions in determining our fate occur before birth. They are an evolutionary echo of mechanisms which allowed our ancestors to survive as hunter-gatherers. These exciting insights suggest new ways of protecting the health of the fetus, infant and adult. They are important triggers for many emerging diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. This is a ground-breaking and fascinating account written by two of the world's leading experts and pioneers in this rapidly emerging field.
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The Fetal Matrix is a lucid, detailed and comprehensive account of the fetal environment's effects on health, disease and mortality in the middle and later years of the human life cycle. It is the product of years of fertile research collaboration between its distinguished authors. Professor Peter D. Gluckman is University Distinguished Professor and Director, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, University of Auckland and a foreign member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy ... Read More
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