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Product Identifiers

PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805058419

ISBN-139780805058413

eBay Product ID (ePID)427489

Product Key Features

Number of Pages500 Pages

Publication NameCommotion in the Blood : Life, Death, and the Immune System

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectImmunology, General

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, Medical

AuthorStephen S. Hall

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight27.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"Hall succeeds marvelously in making science accessible to the general reader."-The New York Times Book Review "A clear, engaging, carefully documented chronicle . . . fascinating and compelling. "-The Washington Post Book World"As gripping as a spy thriller."-Kirkus Reviews

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616/.079

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisA 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberRM276