A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System (The Sloan Technology Series)

Hall, Stephen S.

ISBN 10: 0805058419 / ISBN 13: 9780805058413

Published by Holt Paperbacks (edition ), 1998

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System (The Sloan Technology Series)
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks (edition )
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805058419
• ISBN 13: 9780805058413
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

A New York Times Notable Book, 1997
Library Journal, Best Book of 1997

Beginning with the "occasional miracles" of a mysterious turn-of-the-century cancer vaccine called Coley's toxins, Stephen S. Hall traces the story of how doctors have learned to harness the immune system and its "commotions" to develop a wide array of cutting-edge therapies. Moving deftly between laboratory and bedside, Hall's absorbing narrative navigates the politics of discovery and elucidates the dazzling complexities of the microscope slide, tracking the curiously potent cells and molecules at the heart of the immune response. From the author of "the best book written about the new age of biology" (Nobel laureate Philip Sharp), who "succeeds marvelously in making science accessible to the general reader," (New York Times), this fast-paced account of medicine in the making is part of the Sloan Foundation Technology Book series.

About the Author

Stephen S. Hall is the author of the critically acclaimed Invisible Frontiers and Mapping the Next Millenium and has written for Science and Health. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter.