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Immune system hacks
Title:
Immune system hacks
Author:
Scientific American, inc., editor.
ISBN:
9781684169313
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
160 pages ; 23 cm.
Series:
Scientific American explores big ideas

Scientific American explores big ideas.
Contents:
Boosting our immune system. How to boost your immunity -- Fact or fiction?: vaccines are dangerous -- The brain has a special kind of memory for past infections -- Hidden black scientists proved the polio vaccine worked -- Vaccines reimagined -- Genomic vaccines fight disease in ways not possible before -- Fighting yourself: autoimmune disorders. How I was betrayed from within -- The terrible toll of 76 autoimmune diseases -- Targeted treatments for autoimmune disease make progress -- How blood sugar can trigger a deadly immune response in the flu and possibly COVID-19 -- How to kill HIV: target its "influencers" -- Hacking a cure for cancer and other diseases. A shot against cancer -- Are we innately immune to cancer? -- What's next after creating a cancer-prevention vaccine? -- Could immunotherapy treat diseases besides cancer? -- Fighting the opioid crisis with vaccines and better chemistry -- The next wave of immuno-oncology -- Vanquishing diabetes -- Immune cells suggest new Alzheimer's treatment possibilities -- Hacking COVID: the search for a vaccine. A guide to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus -- What immunity to COVID-19 really means -- COVID-19 vaccine developers search for antibodies that 'first do no harm' -- Fast-track drugs -- Future hacks: learning from COVID. How communication around COVID fuels a mistrust of science -- The vaccine rollout is changing how we think about prescription meds -- We need a universal flu vaccine before the next pandemic strikes -- Contagions worse than COVID will prevailif neglect of global public health continues -- How real-world data can help us better prepare for the next pandemic.
Abstract:
"The COVID-19 pandemic certainly made many more people aware of the importance of our incredible immune systems. It has also raised many questions about vaccines that involve the immune system. Readers have likely heard a lot about the COVID vaccines and have questions about how they are made and what they do inside the body. This stimulating title has answers! It also allows readers to explore innovative treatments for infectious diseases other than COVID. These include immunotherapies and even a universal flu vaccine"-- Amazon.com
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