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Elegant defense : the extraordinary new science of the immune system : a tale in four lives / Matt Richtel.

Van Pelt Library QR181.7 .R53 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Richtel, Matt, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Immune system--Popular works.
Immune system.
Immunology--Popular works.
Immunology.
Immunologic diseases--Patients.
Immunologic diseases.
Patients.
Genre:
Popular works.
Physical Description:
425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : William Morrow, [2019]
Summary:
"A groundbreaking narrative exploration of the human immune system--the key to human health and longevity--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Jason
Jason and me
Bob
Linda and Merredith
The bird, dog, starfish, and magic bullet
The festival
Festival crashers
T-cells and B-cells
The mystery organ
The B-word
Vaccines
The infinity machine
Transplant
The immune system's fingerprint
Inflammation
Fever
Flash Gordon
Dr. Fauci names a lab
Three wise men and a monoclonal antibody
A second immune system
Sex machine
Grid
The phone call
CD-4 and CD-8
Magic
The prime
Linda
The wolf
Invisible evidence
Best of both worlds (sort of)
Merredith
Should you pick your nose?
Microbiome
Stress
Sleep
A word about cancer
Laughter and tears
The Lazarus mouse
Wound healing
Programmed death
The breakthrough
Jason races time
Shepherd of death
Trials
personal and clinical
The other shoe
Jan and Ron
Jason down the white tunnel
Jason rises
Apollo 13
Home
Jason's way
The meaning(s) of life
The meaning of Jason.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780062698537
0062698532
9780062698490
0062698494
OCLC:
1047637616

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