The Molecules Within US

Dr. Charles A. Pasternak is renowned for his pioneering work relating to cancer and infectious disease. He was the Founder-Chairman of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences and the Department of Biochemistry at St. George's Medical School at the University of London. He currently is Director of the Oxford International Biomedical Centre which he founded in 1992. Dr. Pasternak won an Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship of the International Union Against Cancer in the Department of San Diego. He is the Founder-Editor of the prestigious international journal Bioscience Reports and is the author of over 250 original papers and two professional books. A member of numerous national and international committees including UNESCO and the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, he has received awards and honors from several foreign governments for his work. He currently resides in London.

Introduction; The Molecules of Life; The Healthy Body: Nutrition and Metabolism; Causes of Disease: Genes and the Environment; Microbial Infections and the Immune System; Stress: The Mind-Body Relationship; Orthodox versus Alternative Medicine; Uncharted Territory: The Workings of the Mind; Maturation, Aging and Death; Epilogue.