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

Name: We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
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Book Synopsis: Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing—its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat cancer. You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome: the bacterial fauna that populate our gut and can so profoundly affect our health. In We Are Electric we cross into new scientific understanding: discovering your body's electrome. Every cell in our bodies—bones, skin, nerves, muscle—has a voltage, like a tiny battery. It is the reason our brain can send signals to the rest of our body, how we develop in the womb, and why our body knows to heal itself from injury. When bioelectricity goes awry, illness, deformity, and cancer can result. But if we can control or correct this bioelectricity, the implications for our health are remarkable: an undo switch for cancer that could flip malignant cells back into healthy ones; the ability to regenerate cells, organs, even limbs; to slow aging and so much more. The next scientific frontier might be decrypting the bioelectric code, much the way we did the genetic code. Yet the field is still emerging from two centuries of skepticism and entanglement with medical quackery, all stemming from an 18th-century scientific war about the nature of electricity between Luigi Galvani (father of bioelectricity, famous for shocking frogs) and Alessandro Volta (inventor of the battery). In We Are Electric, award-winning science writer Sally Adee takes readers through the thrilling history of bioelectricity and into the future: from the Victorian medical charlatans claiming to use electricity to cure everything from paralysis to diarrhea, to the advances helped along by the giant axons of squids, and finally to the brain implants and electric drugs that await us—and the moral implications therein. The bioelectric revolution starts here.

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Discover the untapped potential of your body's bioelectricity with "We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds". In this captivating book, science journalist Sally Adee unravels the mysteries of bioelectricity, from its misunderstood history to the groundbreaking discoveries that could revolutionize medicine. Imagine a world where antibiotic resistance is no longer a threat, blocked arteries are a thing of the past, and cancer can be flipped back into healthy cells. This is the future that awaits us.

If you're familiar with the concept of our body's biome, then brace yourself for an even more mind-blowing revelation: our body's electrome. Every cell in our body possesses a voltage, acting like a tiny battery. It's responsible for transmitting signals from our brain to the rest of our body and plays a crucial role in our development and healing processes. However, when bioelectricity malfunctions, it can lead to illness and deformity.

But fear not, the power to control and correct this bioelectricity lies within our grasp. "We Are Electric" explores the ways in which we can decrypt the bioelectric code, similar to how we deciphered the genetic code. Sally Adee takes us on a thrilling journey through the history of bioelectricity, from its origins in the dramatic scientific clash between Galvani and Volta, to the groundbreaking studies on giant axons of squids, and beyond.

As we dive into the future, prepare to be amazed by brain implants and electric drugs that have the potential to regenerate cells, organs, and even limbs. By understanding and harnessing the power of bioelectricity, we have the ability to slow down the aging process and unlock incredible new ways to improve our health.

Are you ready to join the bioelectric revolution? Take the first step towards unlocking the secrets of your body's bioelectric code. Get your copy of "We Are Electric" today and embark on an extraordinary journey that will change the way you view the human body and its incredible potential.Click here to order now!

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