Of Microbes and Men. War and Peace on the Mucosal Surfaces

Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 20 November 2008

Philippe Sansonetti

Traduit par: Liz Libbrecht

Leçons inaugurales

Éditeur : Collège de France

Lieu d’édition : Paris

Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 16 décembre 2013

Collection : Leçons inaugurales

Année d’édition : 2013


Présentation

Our bodies contain ten times more bacteria than cells and their activity is essential for our organisms. A true symbiosis exists between humans and microbes, the complex mechanisms of which can only be decoded using molecular genetics.
However these bacteria can also cause infectious and parasitic diseases which kill over 15 million people a year throughout the world. To develop effective treatments and vaccines for such diseases, scientists need to know how bacteria outmanoeuvre the body’s defence mechanisms and how to decipher the rules of war and peace between microbes and humans.


Sommaire

Pierre Corvol

Liz Libbrecht (trad.)

Introducing Philippe Sansonetti

Philippe Sansonetti

Liz Libbrecht (trad.)

Of Microbes and Men: War and Peace on the Mucosal Surfaces

Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 20 November 2008


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