SUMMARY the Song of the Cell: an Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Book by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This Summary Guide gives you an incisive summary of the key ideas in the whole book as well as the foundational knowledge you need to understand and apply it. Perhaps you've already read the original book, but you'd like a refresher on the details.

• Maybe you haven't read the book yet, but you'd want a quick synopsis to save you time.
• Perhaps you'd prefer a condensed version to use as a reference in the future?
• In any case, you can get just that with The...
  More Description

This Summary Guide gives you an incisive summary of the key ideas in the whole book as well as the foundational knowledge you need to understand and apply it.
Perhaps you've already read the original book, but you'd like a refresher on the details.

• Maybe you haven't read the book yet, but you'd want a quick synopsis to save you time.
• Perhaps you'd prefer a condensed version to use as a reference in the future?
• In any case, you can get just that with The Incisive Summary Guides Team.

Book Details:
According to this instructional record from Pulitzer Prize winner Mukherjee, a superior understanding of the cell has enormous potential for medicine (The Emperor of All Maladies). He begins by citing two important experts from the nineteenth century who acknowledged that all plant and animal tissue on the globe is made up of tiny cells. There has been "a revolution in the making, and a history (and future) that has been unwritten: of cells, of our capacity to alter cells" since that time, according to Mukherjee. Mukherjee provides a thorough series of revelations on cell treatments (like IVF) and challenges, such as the use of thalidomide for pregnancies in the 1960s. His descriptions of "new humans" are also included. According to Mukherjee, the word refers to common people whose health has been restored by advancements in cell control and design, such as a patient who recovered from leukemia with cell treatment, rather than a "vision symbolizing things to come" inspired by science fiction. The author's predictions for the near future of medicine--one in which drugs "maybe even make engineered versions of cells and chunks of people"--are inspiring and convincing, and he weaves basic explanations of cell biology and immunology throughout his narrative. This is again another victory for Mukherjee.