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Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature. This remarkable book will redefine the way we think about the world.


Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of comp...

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  • 猫腿子
    神作,读完醍醐灌顶的通透2022-10-02
  • 多彩的秋天
    #一物一世界 氧气书名:Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World作者: Nick Lane作者引用生物学、化学、地质学、地理学、考古学等来自多学科领域的科学实验和研究讲述氧气的复杂性。对氧气的理解需要系统性、跨学科、批判性和时间及空间维度的宏观思维。单单基因研究不能解决医学问题;抗氧化剂或维生素C/E可以延缓衰老仍然没有被完全证实,而且它们对身体有益也有害...2021-08-21
  • optman
    生物细胞里的线粒体借助氧气从食物中获取氢离子形成质子泵用于生成ATP,这就是呼吸作用。但是从氢气到氧气的结合并不是一蹴而就的,需要一个复杂的链式反应。这中间就会产生具有杀伤力的氧自由基,泄露出来的话就会对细胞内的DNA产生破坏,导致细胞分裂异常,这就是衰老的本质。你以为吃抗氧化的食物和药片就可以实现不老传说了么,事情可没这么简单!因为生物对抗感染,也是依赖氧自由基作为信号传递,如果抑制了氧自由基的反应则可能导致免疫系统失灵。为了对抗自由基对DNA的破坏,生物发明了性,通过两份相同基因互为备份用以DNA修补。让卵子细胞在出生后不久就停止分裂,为了避免卵子细胞的线粒体持续工作产生突变,主要由周围体细胞提供营养。生物的体细胞在多次分裂之后,DNA就会积累出无法修复的突变,于是分崩离析。2021-09-15

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