An elegant defense : the extraordinary new science of the immune system : a tale in four lives /

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

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richtel, Matt (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Immune system > Popular works.
Immunology > Popular works.
Immunologic diseases > Patients.
Immune system.
Immunology.
Popular Work.
Personal Narrative.
Popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • The ties that bind
  • Jason
  • Bob
  • Linda and Merredith
  • The bird, dog, starfish, and magic bullet
  • The festival
  • Festival crashers
  • The mystery organ
  • The B-word
  • T-cells and B-cells
  • Vaccines
  • The infinity machine
  • Transplant
  • The immune system's fingerprint
  • Inflammation
  • Fever
  • Flash Gordon
  • The harmonious way
  • 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
  • Bob
  • Linda
  • Jan and Ron
  • Jason down the white tunnel
  • Jason rises
  • Apollo 11
  • Home
  • Jason's way
  • The meanings of life
  • The meaning of Jason.

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