From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Prelude : "The elementary particles of organisms"
Introduction : "We shall always return to the cell"
Discovery. The original cell : an invisible world ; The visible cell : "Fictitious stories about the little animals" ; The universal cell : "The smallest particle of this little world" ; The pathogenic cell : microbes, infections, and the antibiotic revolution
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
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 antitoxicus, and immunotherapy
Organs. The citizen cell : the benefits of belonging ; The contemplating cell : the many-minded neuron ; The orchestrating cell : homeostasis, fixity, and balance
Rebirth. The renewing cell : stem cells and the birth of transplantation ; 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".
From the Book - Unabridged.
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 : "Fictitious 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 antitoxicus, 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 transplantation ; 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."