The Song of the Cell
Subtitle: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Published: 2022-11-01
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781847925985
Table of contents: title: Prelude: "The Elementary Particles of Organisms"
pagenum: xiii; title: Introduction: "We Shall Always Return to the Cell"
pagenum: 1; label: Part One — Discovery; title: The Original Cell: An Invisible World
pagenum: 19; title: The Visible Cell: "Ficticious Stories About the Little Animals"
pagenum: 26; title: The Universal Cell: "The Smallest Particle of This Little World"
pagenum: 37; title: The Pathogenic Cell: Microbes, Infections, and the Antibiotic Revolution
pagenum: 56; label: Part Two — The One and the Many; title: The Organized Cell: The Interior Anatomy of the Cell
pagenum: 75; title: The Dividing Cell: Cellular Reproduction and the Birth of IVF
pagenum: 96; title: The Tampered Cell: Lulu, Nana, and the Transgressions of Trust
pagenum: 119; title: The Developing Cell: A Cell Becomes an Organism
pagenum: 136; label: Part Three — Blood; title: The Restless Cell: Circles of Blood
pagenum: 151; title: The Healing Cell: Platelets, Clots, and a "Modern Epidemic"
pagenum: 164; title: The Guardian Cell: Neutrophils and Their Kampf Against Pathogens
pagenum: 173; title: The Defending Cell: When a Body Meets a Body
pagenum: 186; title: The Discerning Cell: The Subtle Intelligence of the T Cell
pagenum: 202; title: The Tolerant Cell: The Self, Horror Autotoxicus, and Immunotherapy
pagenum: 226; label: Part Four — Knowledge; title: The Pandemic
pagenum: 245; label: Part Five — Organs; title: The Citizen Cell: The Benefits of Belonging
pagenum: 259; title: The Contemplating Cell: The Many-Minded Neuron
pagenum: 270; title: The Orchestrating Cell: Homeostasis, Fixity, and Balance
pagenum: 297; label: Part Six — Rebirth; title: The Renewing Cell: Stem Cells and the Birth of Transpantation
pagenum: 315; title: The Repairing Cell: Injury, Decay, and Constancy
pagenum: 336; title: The Selfish Cell: The Ecological Equation and Cancer
pagenum: 349; title: The Songs of the Cell
pagenum: 362; title: Epilogue: "Better Versions of Me"
pagenum: 369; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 379; title: Notes
pagenum: 381; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 429; title: Image Credits
pagenum: 439; title: Index
pagenum: 443