The Code of Life

Front Cover 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 Back Cover