عنوان

An elegant defense :

(Number (ISBN

0062698494

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0062698532

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0062699105

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9780062698490

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9780062698537

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9780062699107

Title Proper

An elegant defense :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

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

First Statement of Responsibility

Matt Richtel.

Edition Statement

First edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 425 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes index.

Text of Note

Part I. Lives in the balance. The ties that bind -- Jason -- Bob -- Linda and Merredith -- Part II. The immune system and the festival of life. 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 -- Part III. Bob. Sex machine -- GRID -- The phone call -- CD4 and CD8 -- Magic -- The prime -- Part IV. Linda and Merredith. Linda -- The wolf -- Invisible evidence -- Best of both worlds (sort of) -- Merredith -- Should you pick your nose? -- Microbiome -- Stress -- Sleep -- Part V. Jason. 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 -- Part VI. Homecoming. 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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Text of Note

"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"--

Text of Note

The immune system is a guardian vigilantly fighting illness, healing wounds, maintaining order and balance, and keeping us alive. Richtel interweaves the stories of four people: a terminal cancer patient who rises from the grave; a medical marvel who defies HIV; two women with autoimmunity who discover their own bodies have turned against them. As he leads us from the Black Plague to twentieth-century breakthroughs in vaccination and antibiotics, to the cutting-edge laboratories that are revolutionizing immunology, his four patients each illuminates an essential facet of our "elegant defense." -- adapted from jacket

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Harpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132

Immune system, Popular works.

Immunologic diseases-- Patients.

Immunology, Popular works.

Immune System Diseases.

Immune System Phenomena.

Immune System.

Immune system.

Immune system.

Immunologic diseases.

Immunology.

MEDICAL / Immunology.

SCIENCE / History.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Richtel, Matt

Date of Transaction

20200822083707.0

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