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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 to fight disease and heal itself is one of the great mysteries and marvels of nature. But in recent years,...
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Random House
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[2021]
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English
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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,...
3) The first shots: the epic rivalries and heroic science behind the race to the coronavirus vaccine
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Sugar23 Books
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[2021]
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English
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An award-winning journalist, drawing on high-level access, presents the full inside story of the high-stakes, global race of the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemic
Heroic science. Chaotic politics. Billionaire entrepreneurs. Award-winning journalist Brendan Borrell brings the defining story of our times alive through compulsively readable, first-time reporting on the players leading the fight against a vicious virus. The First Shots, soon to...
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Biology essentials volume 023
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Bozeman Science
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[2011]
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English
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In this video lesson, Paul Andersen describes how plants and animals defend themselves against pathogens. He begins by discussing the hypersensitive response in plants as a nonspecific form of immune response. He then discusses both the humoral and cell-mediated immune response in mammals. A brief discussion of the chicken pox, small pox, and HIV is included.--Publisher.
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Juckreiz, Niesattacken, Atemnot – wer allergisch ist, kennt diese Symptome und auch den Frust, dass es schon wieder losgeht, mit dem Heuschnupfen, mit einem Neurodermitisschub oder einer allergischen Reaktion auf Lebensmittel. Dabei gibt es viele Tipps und Tricks für den Alltag, um Allergien in den Griff zu bekommen. Auch Herausforderungen wie ein Kindergeburtstag, ein Schulausflug oder eine Urlaubsreise lassen sich mit guter Vorbereitung meistern....
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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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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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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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"They were fire and terror to the Western world, while in the East the dragons brought life-giving rain. Now, no longer hailed as gods and struggling in the overheated pollution of Beijing, only the Eastern species survives. As drought plagues the aquatic dragons, a mysterious disease--shaolong, or "burnt lung"--afflicts the city's human inhabitants. Jaded college student Xiang Kaifei scours Beijing streets for abandoned dragons, distracting himself...
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Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
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[2021]
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English
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"Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders, and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world's biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn't muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilization....
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[2021]
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Dr. Mayer argues that it's essential we understand the profound effects of gut health on our body and offers strategies to reverse the steady upward rise of these illnesses, including a model for nutrition that puts the health of the microbiome center stage
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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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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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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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Life with a transplant can take one a good deal away from the norms of society to in fact something considerably more real and interesting. I could have written a book on a perspective of society but actually this is simply about having a transplant or two. Hopefully it's not too harsh, if it is you'll just have to mail me and complain! Kd
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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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"The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer's CEO Dr. Albert Bourla"--
"A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when the scientists at Pfizer, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Albert Bourla, made "the impossible possible"--creating, testing, and...
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The book is in two parts:
1. Fiction tale involving an extremely rare autoimmune disease and the physicians, patient and family's frustration in making a diagnosis, and
2. Non fiction detailing the last 60 plus years of the development of the concepts of autoimmunity and autoimmune disease.
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