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The song of the cell an exploration of medicine and the new human

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"The discovery of cells--and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem--announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer's, dementia, AIDS, pneumonia, lung cancer, kidney failure, arthritis, COVID...

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Main Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2022.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Cytology.
Cytology > Research.
Microbiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: "The elementary particles of organisms"
  • Introduction: "We shall always return to the cell"
  • Part one: Discovery
  • The original cell: an invisible world
  • The visible cell: "Fictitious stories about the little animals"
  • The universal cell: "The smallest particle of this little world"
  • The pathogenic cell: microbes, infections, and the antibiotic revolution
  • Part two: The one and the many
  • The organized cell: the interior anatomy of the cell
  • The dividing cell: cellular reproduction and the birth of IVF
  • The tampered cell: Lulu, Nana, and the transgressions of trust
  • The developing cell: a cell becomes and organism
  • Part three: Blood
  • The restless cell: circles of blood
  • The healing cell: platelets, clots, and a "modern epidemic"
  • The guardian cell: neutrophils and their kampf against pathogens
  • The defending cell: when a body meets a body
  • The discerning cell: the subtle intelligence of the T cell
  • The tolerant cell: the self, horror antitoxicus, and immunotherapy
  • Part four: Knowledge
  • The pandemic
  • Part five: Organs
  • The citizen cell: the benefits of belonging
  • The contemplating cell: the many-minded neuron
  • The orchestrating cell: homeostasis, fixity, and balance
  • Part six: Rebirth
  • The renewing cell: stem cells and the birth of transplantation
  • The repairing cell: injury, decay, and constancy
  • The selfish cell: the ecological equation and cancer
  • The songs of the cell
  • Epilogue: "Better versions of me".

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