An edition of The Song of the Cell
(2022)
The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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A history of the cell, and the development of a multiplicity of subsequent cell sciences, biological and medical, with an emphasis on the human.
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Table of 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: "Ficticious 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 Autotoxicus, 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 Transpantation
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"
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index
The Physical Object
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