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"Although everyone who has ever had a cold is familiar with the human immune system and its importance, few understand just how complex and intricate the immune system is. In Immune, Internet creator and storyteller Philipp Dettmer takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle raging just under our skin, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact,...
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"Visceral."-Wall Street Journal "Illuminating."-Publishers Weekly "Heroic."-Science
The immune system holds the key to human health. In The Beautiful Cure, leading immunologist Daniel M. Davis describes how the scientific quest to understand how the immune system works-and how it is affected by stress, sleep, age, and our state of mind-is now unlocking a revolutionary new approach to medicine and well-being.
The body's ability...
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"Scientists, physicians, medical students, and all readers with an interest in brain function and its relationship to the immune system in health and disease will find this book a valuable resource. With general readers in mind, the authors provide a useful primer to explain scientific terms and concepts discussed in the book,"--Amazon.com.
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The immune system is a guardian vigilantly fighting illness, healing wounds, maintaining order and balance, and keeping us alive. Richtel interweaves the stories of four people: a terminal cancer patient who rises from the grave; a medical marvel who defies HIV; two women with autoimmunity who discover their own bodies have turned against them. As he leads us from the Black Plague to twentieth-century breakthroughs in vaccination and antibiotics,...
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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"In this addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R. Gundry, MD offers a guide to the gut biome and its control over its home-us!-revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease"--
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"The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was built upon almost thirty years of...
7) Immunology
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"Our world is awash with germs, viruses, and bacteria--tiny but powerful invaders that can make us sick. Fortunately, the human immune system mounts an amazing defense against all these attackers. Immunology will introduce you to the many strategies our bodies use to protect us, as well as the many things that can go wrong."--Provided by publisher.
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Are you tired of being treated like you're just another number in the expensive, conveyor-belt healthcare industry while you struggle with less-than-ideal health? Are you frustrated with the endless onslaught of contradictory health information, advice, and fad fixes?
Having personally experienced that pain as a patient, Dr. Sam Slattery set out to discover a better path to health. What he found was one simple truth that would change everything.
"The...
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In our daily lives, we are surrounded by countless germs that often go unnoticed, thanks to the remarkable defense mechanism within us known as the immune system. Curiously, this intricate network of tiny components remains one of the least understood aspects of our body's organization. However, with the advent of COVID-19, our collective immune systems have faced an extraordinary challenge. That's why gaining a clear understanding of how our immune...
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Looking for reliable information and answers to your questions about vaccines?
In Immunization Information, Dr. Martin Myers-one of the nation's leading experts on vaccines, infectious diseases, and immunization-describes the benefits and risks related to immunization and the underlying diseases that vaccines prevent.
Understand what's in each vaccine and how they work. Learn about the infections that vaccines prevent and why they remain important...
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"The Autoimmune Brain connects common brain health symptoms to changes in the immune system, in particular those triggered by bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections., In this book, Dr. David Younger explains his groundbreaking research and adds a new component: how traumatic stress (whether physical or emotional) and genetics affect this same triad as inextricable factors in initiating disease and brain health symptoms... His diagnostic techniques...
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"This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, how they attack the body, and how the immune system responds with white blood cells, antibodies, fever, mucus, and pus, and how science helps with vaccines and antibiotics. Immune system disorders are also covered"--
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This book is about three inflammatory conditions that underlie wheat sensitivities caused by the consumption of wheat and related cereals. The book describes, discusses and differentiates celiac disease, amylase trypsin inhibitor (ATI) sensitivity, and the wide spectrum of wheat allergies, especially a novel, but highly common atypical wheat allergy.
The mechanisms of the three wheat sensitivities along with their clinical characteristics, and their...
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El sistema inmunológico es un mecanismo de defensa altamente exquisito, basado en el reconocimiento de los antígenos (Ag) extraño y propio. Para el estudio de la respuesta inmunológica hay que considerar la interacción celular, desde sus eventos moleculares, el contacto célula-célula a través de receptor-ligando, la producción de moléculas in situ que permiten la comunicación entre el sistema inmunológico, el tejido y todo el organismo....
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Good Housekeeping recipes tick all the boxes—They look great They taste delicious They're easy to make Now, learn how to be a clever cook with this amazing new cookery series. Each Good Housekeeping gluten-free recipe—triple-tested for perfect results—is guaranteed to stand the test of your occasion, be it a easy midweek meal or something special for the weekend. Packed with good old favourites, tasty new ideas, save money, time and effort tips,...
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This book provides patients and their physicians (especially "non-oncologist" health care providers) with a clear and concise introduction to cancer immunotherapy, which, unlike traditional forms of cancer therapy, acts by boosting the patient's own immune system to fight cancer. The unique features of cancer immunotherapy make its management, monitoring and side-effects different from those of traditional cancer therapy. Especially novel are the...
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This first edition volume demystifies the complex topic of flow cytometry by providing detailed explanations and nearly 120 figures to help novice flow cytometry users learn and understand the bedrock principles necessary to perform basic flow cytometry experiments correctly.
The book divides the topic of flow cytometry into easy to understand sections and covers topics such as the physics behind flow cytometry, flow cytometry lingo, designing flow...
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Este libro contiene información relevante sobre los aspectos esenciales de enfermedades animales de carácter zoonótico y de enfermedades propias de los animales, causadas por agentes biológicos. Se han incluido patologías que afectan a especies domésticas de importancia productiva, pero también a animales de compañía como los felinos y caninos, con el objetivo de que este libro entregue información básica para médicos veterinarios, médicos...
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Le système immunitaire assume l'une des grandes fonctions physiologiques des Vertébrés : l'aptitude à la reconnaissance d'un nombre prodigieux de structures moléculaires distinctes, les antigènes. Un antigène est classiquement réputé « étranger » à l'organisme chez lequel il provoque une réponse immunitaire. D'o la conception selon laquelle le...
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For the first time since a 5th century Greek physician gave the name "cancer" (karkinos, in Greek) to a deadly disease first described in Egyptian Papyri, the medical world is near a breakthrough that could allow even the most conservative doctors and pragmatic patients to use the other "c word" — cure — in the same sentence as cancer. A remarkable series of events has brought us to this point, thanks in large part to a new ability to more efficiently...
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