The song of the cell: an exploration of medicine and the new human
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2022. Scribner
First Scribner hardcover edition.
xvii, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
[2022] Simon & Schuster
Unabridged.
13 audio discs (approximately 900 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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2022 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Valley Digital Library
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2022 Scribner
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2023. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Large print edition.
837 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
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 an 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".
From the Large print material - Large print edition.
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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9781982117351
9798885786195
9781797147086
9781797147093
9781982117375
9798885786195
9781797147086
9781797147093
9781982117375
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