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An Elegant Defense
Matt Richtel · 初版 2019 年
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“一部对人体免疫系统——人类健康与长寿的关键——兼具开创性与叙事性的探索之作，出自普利策奖得主、《纽约时报》记者、《A Deadly Wandering》广受赞誉的作者之手”——免疫系统犹如一位警惕的守护者，时刻抵御疾病、愈合伤痛、维持秩序与平衡，守护着我们的生命。Richtel将四个人的经历交织在一起：一位从死神手中挣脱的晚期癌症患者；一位战胜艾滋病毒的医学奇迹；两位身患自身免疫性疾病、目睹自身肉体倒戈相向的女性。随着他引领我们从黑死病走向
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……关于癌症。有时候心里挺难受的，但我很欣慰现在能更好地帮我母亲应对复杂的医疗问题。癌症也是通往免疫学的一个很有意思的切入点。我推荐 Matt Richtel 的《Elegant Defense》——我花了很多精力协调专业护理（比如护士、膳食等）。这意味着我对她的支持感觉质量更高了。- 我在帮我妈妈记录……
…about cancer. This is sometimes emotionally tough, but I like that I can now better help my mother navigate the medical complexities. Cancer is also an interesting gateway into immunology. I recommend “Elegant Defense” by Matt Richtel - I spent a lot of energy organizing professional care (e.g., nurses, food l). This means that my support for her now feels of a higher quality. - I am helping my mum keep track of…
我自己还没读过，但很多人向我强烈推荐 Matt Richtel 的《An Elegant Defense》[1]。据我了解，它是从更偏人文关怀的视角切入，但同时也把免疫系统的运作机制以及它可能如何出现……解释得很好。
I've not read it myself, but An Elegant Defense [1] by Matt Richtel has come highly recommended to me. My understanding is that it takes a more human-interest angle, but also does a good job explaining how the immune system works and how it can go…
……意味着病毒要么传染性变弱，要么致命性降低。如果你真感兴趣的话，我强烈推荐这本讲免疫系统运作机制的书，里面有大量靠谱的参考来源：https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Defense-Extraordinary-Science... 更多技术性资料可以看维基百科的免疫部分：https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_immune_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody…
…mean the virus either becomes less contagious or less deadly. If you’re truly interested I highly recommend this book on how the immune system works, full of excellent sources. https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Defense-Extraordinary-Science... More technical information on Wikipedia’s immunity sections: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_immune_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody…
如果有人想进一步了解我们的免疫系统，我强烈推荐《An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System》这本书。它真的会让你大开眼界，认识到我们的免疫系统有多么复杂，而且大部分至今仍是未知。历经数十亿年的化学浓汤演化出怎样的体内防御机制，简直太迷人了……
For anyone curious to learn more about our immune system I highly recommend the book "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System". It will really open your eyes into how complex, and in most cases unknown, our immune system is. It's fascinating what sort of internal defenses arise out of the chemical soup of billions of years…