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An elegant defense : the extraordinary new science of the immune system : a tale in four lives / Matt Richtel. by Richtel, Matt, author. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] Subjects Immune system.   Immunology.   Immunologic diseases -- Patients. Description:  xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  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. ISBN:  9780062698537 0062698532 Book Format:    Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   New Jersey State Library Browsing Collection - Level 3 616.07 Ric Checked In Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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