An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System
New York, NY : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Format: Large Print
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Description: xii, 560 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"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.
Contents:
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 the monoclonal antibody -- A second immune system -- Sex machine -- GRID -- The phone call -- CD4 and CD8 -- 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.
Subjects:
Immune system -- Popular works.
Immunology -- Popular works.
Immunologic diseases -- Patients.
Immune system -- Popular works.
Immunology -- Popular works.
Immunologic diseases -- Patients.
ISBN:
9780062699107
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP SCIENCE Ric | St. Andrews Indoors | Large Print Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/26/2024) |
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Includes index.