Davis lab

Books

Professor Dan Davis has published two bestselling books which delve into human genetics and our body’s immunity to disease.

The Compatibility Gene (2014)

Professor Davis explains how crucial genes define our relationships, our health and our individuality. Each human possesses a similar set of around 25,000 human genes. Yet a tiny, distinctive cluster of these genes plays a disproportionately large part in how our bodies work.

These few genes, argues Davis, hold the key to who we are as individuals and our relationship to the world: how we combat disease, how our brains are wired, how attractive we are, and even how likely we are to reproduce. 

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The Beautiful Cure (2018)

Our immune system is one of the great marvels of nature and it holds the key to human health.

Professor Davis charts the ground-breaking scientific quest to understand how it fights disease and enables the body to heal itself.

He explains how it is affected by stress, sleep, age and our state of mind, and reveals how this knowledge is now unlocking a revolutionary approach to medicine and wellbeing.

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The Beautiful Cure (2018)

Our immune system is one of the great marvels of nature and it holds the key to human health.

Professor Davis charts the ground-breaking scientific quest to understand how it fights disease and enables the body to heal itself.

He explains how it is affected by stress, sleep, age and our state of mind, and reveals how this knowledge is now unlocking a revolutionary approach to medicine and wellbeing.

Order the book