The Code of Life

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Title Page
CONTENTS
Part One Medicine Takes off
HEALING THE HEART
In a Vicious Circle
Three Barriers
Cold—Enemy or Friend?
The “Sputnik ” of Surgery
THE DOCTOR AND THE ELECTRON
Interviewing the Heart
Proteins Broadcast
Surgery in Full View
Diagnostic Complex
An Electronic Colleague
IRON HEALTH
The Iron Hand
Farsighted Skin
One Kidney in Reserve
The Formula of the Heart
FIGHTING OBSTREPEROUS TISSUE
The First Find
Strange Geography
Wandering Carcinogens
Magic Bullets
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE LIVING
Hours, Not Days!
The Seeds of Life
Hormone Plantations
The Heart of an Eagle
A Ray of Hope
Part Two The Treasure House of the Cell
NEVER GROWING OLD
The Anatomy of the Eiffel Tower
What People Live by
The Lymphocyte Builder
Prometheus and Monkeys
The Best Operation
VIRUS OF MANY GUISES
Ailment in Seven-League Boots
The Enemy Attacks
How the Virus was Tamed
Counterblow
A TRIP INTO THE MUSCLE
A Miracle of Molecular Technology
The Fire of Life
Pulsed Messengers
THE BATTLEFIELD OF IMMUNITY
Yours and Mine
The Tribulations of Insulin
The Profile of a Molecule
Medicine of the Future
THE CODE OF LIFE
Inside the Cell
Protein on the Production Line
Who?
Disowning One’s Own
NEWS FROM INSIDE THE CELL
A Substance or a Being?
This is How
A Tilt with the Invisible
Problem “X ”
Virus Hunters
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