The song of the cell: an exploration of medicine and the new human

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 autotoxicus, 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."

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 and 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".