num_pages: 500
description: A New York Times Notable Book 1997Library Journal Best Book of 1997Beginning with the occasional miracles of a mysterious turn-of-the-century cancer vaccine called Coley's toxins Stephen S. Hall traces the story of how doctors have learned to harness the immune system and its commotions to develop a wide array of cutting-edge therapies. Moving deftly between laboratory and bedside Hall's absorbing narrative navigates the politics of discovery and elucidates the dazzling complexities of the microscope slide tracking the curiously potent cells and molecules at the heart of the immune response. From the author of the best book written about the new age of biology (Nobel laureate Philip Sharp) who succeeds marvelously in making science accessible to the general reader (New York Times) this fast-paced account of medicine in the making is part of the Sloan Foundation Technology Book series.
language: English
title: A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System
publisher: Holt Paperbacks