CONTENTS

Praise for The Human Superorganism

Introduction: The New Medical Landscape

PART ONE: A SHIFT IN HOW WE THINK ABOUT BIOLOGY

1. The End of the Old Biology

2. Superorganism Ecology

3. The Invisible Human Superorganism

4. The Incomplete Generation

5. Gene Swaps and Switches

PART TWO: A REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE

6. Redirecting Precision Medicine

7. The Immune System Gone Wrong

8. Patterns of Disease

9. The Six Causes of the Epidemic

10. Precision Medicine Envisaged

PART THREE: CARING FOR YOURSELF

11. You, the Volatile Organic Compound

12. Superorganism Makeover

13. To Be a Microbiome Whisperer

14. Your Brain on Microbes

15. Will You Do No Harm?

Resources for Probiotics

Acknowledgments

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