Showing results for "Hood" in Biological Sciences

Lee Hood did that rarest of things. He enabled scientists to see things they couldn't see before and do things they hadn't dreamed of doing. Scientists can now sequence complete human genomes in a day, setting in motion a revolution that is personalizing medicine. Hood, a son of the American West, was an unlikely candidate to transform biology. But with ferocious drive, he led a team at Caltech that developed the automated DNA sequencer, the tool that paved the way for the Human Genome Project.

We are on the cusp of a major transformation in healthcare—yet few people know it. At top hospitals and a few innovative health-tech startups, scientists are working closely with patients to dramatically extend their "healthspan"—the number of healthy years before disease sets in. In The Age of Scientific Wellness, two visionary leaders of this revolution in health take us on a thrilling journey to this new frontier of medicine.

Internationally recognized criminologist and bestselling author of The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker, investigates how the Government "debunks" inconvenient and unwanted truths. This story of true crime includes bogus research, bribes, compromised experts, paid conspirators, destruction of evidence, and massive publicity campaigns to discredit people and truths that don’t fit official wishes.

Charles Hood is on a boat, wearing at least two life jackets as he scans the sky for seabirds and plumbs the depths of his—and our—relationship with the vast Pacific Ocean. Winner of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year for his collection of essays A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature, Hood now brings his irrepressible curiosity to the lives of petrels, frigate birds, sea snakes, and flying fish.

Gesunde Ernährung leicht verständlich und vor allem inspirativ an die Frau zu bringen ist meine Vision. Warum? Unser Leben ist kostbar. Es ist ein Wunder. Es ist ein Privileg. Das erkennt man spätestens, wenn man ein Kind bekommt. Mit meiner Arbeit inspiriere ich ganz besonders Mütter dazu, hochwertige Speisen, ohne großen Zeitaufwand, selbst zuzubereiten. Gesundheit ist unser wertvollstes Gut. Deshalb ist es meine Herzensangelegenheit, Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, die eigene Gesundheit in die Hand zu nehmen. Es erwarten dich wertvolle Informationen von ExpertInnen und inspirierende, ...