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The song of the cell : an exploration of medicine and the new human / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

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ISBN 9781847925985 (paperback)
Author Mukherjee, Siddhartha author.
Title The song of the cell : an exploration of medicine and the new human / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Publisher/Date London : The Bodley Head, 2022.
©2022
Pagination etc. xvii, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note Since the discovery of the cell in the 1660s and the discovery in the 1850s that most diseases can be traced back to our cells, human beings have been understood as an ecosystem of units that produce exponentially complex structures and effects. How did we discover these units, and their functions? How did we begin to understand hearts, brains, kidneys as collections of cooperating cells? What are cells anyway? How do they work, and how (why?) do they work together? Why build organs and organisms out of these units? And could we re-assemble a new kind of human? Could we alter cells to become resistant to diseases? Could we make new humans out of new kinds cells, endowed with novel properties, functions or intentions? This book is about the building block of life -- the cell. Its story is the story of modern medicine.
Subject Cytology
Cytology -- History
Cytology -- Research
Shelf Location 571.6 MUKH
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