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An Elegant Defense - The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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An Elegant Defense - The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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National Bestseller "Gives you all the context you need to
understand the science of immunity. ... An Elegant Defense left me
with [a] sense of awe." --Bill Gates, Gates Notes Summer Reading
List The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist
"explicates for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune
system" (Jerome Groopman, MD, New York Review of Books) From New
York Times science journalist Matt Richtel, An Elegant Defense is
an acclaimed and definitive exploration of the immune system and
the secrets of health. Interweaving cutting-edge science with the
intimate stories of four individual patients, this epic,
first-of-its-kind book "give[s] lay readers a means of
understanding what's known so far about the intricate biology of
our immune systems" (The Week). The immune system is our body's
essential defense network, a guardian vigilantly fighting illness,
healing wounds, maintaining order and balance, and keeping us
alive. It has been honed by evolution over millennia to face an
almost infinite array of threats. For all its astonishing
complexity, however, the immune system can be easily compromised by
fatigue, stress, toxins, advanced age, and poor
nutrition--hallmarks of modern life--and even by excessive hygiene.
Paradoxically, it is a fragile wonder weapon that can turn on our
own bodies with startling results, leading today to epidemic levels
of autoimmune disorders. An Elegant Defense effortlessly guides
readers on a scientific detective tale winding from the Black
Plague to twentieth-century breakthroughs in vaccination and
antibiotics, to today's laboratories that are revolutionizing
immunology--perhaps the most extraordinary and consequential
medical story of our time. Drawing on extensive new interviews with
dozens of world-renowned scientists, Richtel has produced a
landmark book, equally an investigation into the deepest riddles of
survival and a profoundly human tale that is movingly brought to
life through the eyes of his four main characters, each of whom
illuminates an essential facet of our "elegant defense."
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