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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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062698537
- ISBN: 0062698532
- ISBN: 9780062698490
- ISBN: 0062698494
- Physical Description: xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Immune system > Popular works. Immunology > Popular works. Immunologic diseases > Patients. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Meyersdale Public Library | 616.07 RICHTEL (Text) | 30512005380926 | MEYM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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