"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,...

"Optimize your natural defenses with this essential, science-based guide and its simple program of practical strategies to help support your immune system. In this must-read book, immunologist Leo Nissola provides a comprehensive overview of your body's defenses, revealing what can cause problems, how to recognize warning signs, and how to fight back. Every day, bacteria, viruses, and other germs attack you, but you stay healthy most of the time....

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...

"The Autoimmune Brain connects common brain health symptoms to changes in the immune system, in particular those triggered by bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections., In this book, Dr. David Younger explains his groundbreaking research and adds a new component: how traumatic stress (whether physical or emotional) and genetics affect this same triad as inextricable factors in initiating disease and brain health symptoms... His diagnostic techniques...

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

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...

"Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was...