{"product_id":"9789811224744","title":"Viruses: More Friends than Foes (Revised Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReviews of the Previous Edition: Her style is chatty, and just when you want to break into the conversation and ask a question, shes thrown in an aside about a spat at a scientific meeting or discussed how we should dispose of our tissues when we have a cold. If this sort of mental gymnastics on top of some heavyweight science doesnt put you off, youll like her book and learn much from it. Times Higher Education Molling uses her successful career in the discipline to structure much of the book and includes numerous interesting personal anecdotes to underscore her points. The writing style is conversational and will be accessible to non-scientists. CHOICE connect Reviews of the German edition: The author describes a real success story of viruses which is fascinating and unconventional. What is presented with respect to knowledge, personal evaluations, amusing anecdotes from everyday life in research, is impressive. Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Zurich I find your book excellent, instructive, and yet very entertaining. Emeritus Professor Charles Weissmann The Scripps Research Institute, Florida Very amusing are the descriptions of the authors personal experiences with contemporary famous scientists. Rich with facts, this book is very worth reading also for non-specialists who would get to know the abundance of non-pathogenic viruses. Biology in Our Time Coronavirus, AIDS, and Ebola: Viruses are normally defined as pathogens. Most viruses are, however, not enemies or killers. Well-known virologist and cancer researcher Karin Moelling describes surprising insights about a completely new and unexpected world of viruses. Viruses are ubiquitous, in the oceans, our environment, in animals, plants, bacteria, in our body, even in our genomes. They influence our weather, can contribute to control obesity, and can surprisingly be applied against threatening multi-resistant bacteria. The success story of the viruses started more than 3.5 billion years ago in the dawn of life when even c\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48222916641003,"sku":"EB_SC1300_F10-01_SIMS","price":41.04,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9789811224744-1.jpg?v=1781771030","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9789811224744","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}