02565cam a2200373 i 4500 1164898724 TxAuBib 20210726120000.0 181022s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018038019 9780062698537 hardcover 0062698532 hardcover 9780062698490 paperback 0062698494 paperback (OCoLC)1047637616 LBSOR/DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF ZVR YDX WIM TCH FEM UAP YDX VP@ TxAuBib rda Richtel, Matt, author. An elegant defense : the extraordinary new science of the immune system : a tale in four lives / Matt Richtel. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] ©2019. xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Jason -- Jason and me -- Bob -- Linda and Merredith -- The bird, dog, starfish, and magic bullet -- The festival -- Festival crashers -- T-cells and B-cells -- The mystery organ -- The B-word -- Vaccines -- The infinity machine -- Transplant -- The immune system's fingerprint -- Inflammation -- Fever -- Flash Gordon -- Dr. Fauci names a lab -- Three wise men and a monoclonal antibody -- A second immune system -- Sex machine -- Grid -- The phone call -- CD-4 and CD-8 -- Magic -- The prime -- Linda -- The wolf -- Invisible evidence -- Best of both worlds (sort of) -- Merredith -- Should you pick your nose? -- Microbiome -- Stress -- Sleep -- A word about cancer -- Laughter and tears -- The Lazarus mouse -- Wound healing -- Programmed death -- The breakthrough -- Jason races time -- Shepherd of death -- Trials -- personal and clinical -- The other shoe -- Bob -- Linda -- Jan and Ron -- Jason down the white tunnel -- Jason rises -- Apollo 13 -- Home -- Jason's way -- The meaning(s) of life -- The meaning of Jason. "A groundbreaking narrative exploration of the human immune system--the key to human health and longevity--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering"-- Provided by publisher. 20210726. Immune system Popular works. Immunology Popular works. Immunologic diseases Patients. TXKIP