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

Author

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Series

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Language

English

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Best Nonfiction 2022
Best Nonfiction Audiobooks 2022

Formats

Book, CD Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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Presenting revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, the author draws on his own experience as a researcher, doctor, and prolific reader to explore how the discovery of cells created a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulation of cells. "From the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New York Times bestseller,...

2) How we live and why we die: the secret lives of cells

Author

Wolpert, L

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

3) Mighty animal cells

Author

Johnson, Rebecca L

Series

Microquests

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

[2008]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

4) La armonía de las células: una exploración de la medicina y del nuevo ser humano

Author

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

Español

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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«En un relato a la vez lírico y amplio, Mukherjee nos lleva a través de una historia de la comprensión humana: desde el descubrimiento en el siglo XVII de que estamos formados por células hasta la actual tecnología de vanguardia para manipular y desplegar células con fines terapéuticos». The New Yorker Tras los éxitos de El emperador de todos los males y El gen, Siddhartha Mukherjee se adentra en la increíble y apasionante historia de...

5) Cells

Author

DuPrau, Jeanne

Series

The KidHaven science library

Publisher

Kidhaven Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

6) The biology of belief: unleashing the power of consciousness, matter & miracles

Author

Lipton, Bruce H

Publisher

Hay House, Inc

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

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Uses simple language, illustrations, humor, and examples to describe the biochemical effects from thoughts and the precise molecular pathways through which this occurs.

7) From one cell: a journey into life's origins and the future of medicine

Author

Stanger, Ben

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

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Nature & Science
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'Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development―and find the key to transforming our future. Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature’s most spectacular yet...