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    Siddhartha Mukherjee.
    Summary: "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--all could be viewed as the results of cells, or systems of cells, functioning abnormally. And all could be perceived as loci of cellular therapies. In The Song of the Cell, Mukherjee tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new treatments and new humans"--Dust jacket flap.

    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 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".
    Digital Access 2022
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    Books: General Collection (Downstairs)
    2022
    QH577 .M83 2022
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