The song of the cell: an exploration of medicine and the new human

Prelude: "The elementary particles of organisms"

Introduction: "We shall always return to the cell"

Part one: Discovery. The original cell: an invisible world ; The visible cell: "Fictitious stories about the little animals" ; The universal cell: "The smallest particle of this little world" ; The pathogenic cell: microbes, infections, and the antibiotic revolution

Part two: The one and the many. The organized cell: the interior anatomy of the cell ; The dividing cell: cellular reproduction and the birth of IVF ; The tampered cell: Lulu, Nana, and the transgressions of trust ; The developing cell: a cell becomes an organism

Part three: Blood. The restless cell: circles of blood ; The healing cell: platelets, clots, and a "modern epidemic" ; The guardian cell: neutrophils and their kampf against pathogens ; The defending cell: when a body meets a body ; The discerning cell: the subtle intelligence of the T cell ; The tolerant cell: the self, horror antitoxicus, and immunotherapy

Part four: Knowledge. The pandemic

Part five: Organs. The citizen cell: the benefits of belonging ; The contemplating cell: the many-minded neuron ; The orchestrating cell: homeostasis, fixity, and balance

Part six: Rebirth. The renewing cell: stem cells and the birth of transplantation ; The repairing cell: injury, decay, and constancy ; The selfish cell: the ecological equation and cancer ; The songs of the cell

Epilogue: "Better versions of me".