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

"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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Main Author: Richtel, Matt (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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245 1 0 |a Elegant defense :  |b the extraordinary new science of the immune system : a tale in four lives /  |c Matt Richtel. 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a New York, NY :  |b William Morrow,  |c [2019] 
300 |a 425 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
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500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a 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 -- Bob -- Linda -- 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. 
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650 0 |a Immunology  |v Popular works. 
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