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We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds

bySally Adee

Science journalist Sally Adee explores bioelectricity, the electrical signals that guide cells, tissues, and organs throughout living bodies. She traces two centuries of experiments, disputes, medical devices, and occasional pseudoscience before arriving at research on development, healing, cancer, regeneration, and the nervous system. The book explains how voltage patterns help cells coordinate beyond the genetic instructions stored in DNA. Adee shows why decoding this additional layer of biological communication could transform treatment, while emphasizing the uncertainties and historical lessons that should temper claims about an emerging frontier in medicine.

Publisher

Hachette Books

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780306826627