An edition of Song of the Cell
(2022)
Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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November 8, 2023 | History
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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First Sentence
"In November 2017, I watched my friend Sam P. die because his cells had rebelled against his body."
Table of Contents
Prelude: "The Elementary Particles of Organisms"
Page xiii
Introduction: "We Shall Always Return to the Cell"
Page 1
Part One Discovery
The Original Cell: An Invisible World
Page 19
The Visible Cell: "Fictitious Stories About the Little Animals"
Page 26
The Universal Cell: "The Smallest Particle of This Little World"
Page 37
The Pathogenic Cell: Microbes, Infections, and the Antibiotic Revolution
Page 59
Part Two The One and the Many
The Organized Cell: The Interior Anatomy of the Cell
Page 75
The Dividing Cell: Cellular Reproduction and the Birth of IVF
Page 96
The Tempered Cell: Lulu, Nana, and the Transgressions of Trust
Page 119
The Developing Cell: A Cell Becomes an Organism
Page 136
Part Three Blood
The Restless Cell: Circles of Blood
Page 151
The Healing Cell: Platelets, Clots and a "Modern Epidemic"
Page 164
The Guardian Cell: Neutrophils and Their Kampf Against Pathogens
Page 173
The Defending Cell: When a Body Meets a Body
Page 186
The Discerning Cell: The Subtle Intelligence of the T Cell
Page 202
The Tolerant Cell: The Self, Horror Autotoxicus, and Immunotherapy
Page 226
Part Four Knowledge
The Pandemic
Page 245
Part Five Organs
The Citizen Cell: The Benefits of Belonging
Page 259
The Contemplating Cell: The Many-Minded Neuron
Page 270
The Orchestrating Cell: Homeostasis, Fixity, and Balance
Page 297
Part Six Rebirth
The Renewing Cell: Stem Cells and the Birth of Transplantation
Page 315
The Repairing Cell: Injury, Decay, and Constancy
Page 336
The Selfish Cell: The Ecological Equation and Cancer
Page 349
The Songs of the Cell
Page 362
Epilogue: "Better Versions of Me"
Page 369
Acknowledgments
Page 379
Notes
Page 381
Bibliography
Page 429
Image Credits
Page 439
Index
Page 443
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| October 18, 2023 | Edited by frstndlstlns | cell -> the cell in description |
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