Immune System Hacks

by Scientific American Editors (Editor)

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic certainly made many more people aware of the importance of our incredible immune systems. It has also raised many questions about vaccines that involve the immune system. Readers have likely heard a lot about the COVID vaccines and have questions about how they are made and what they do inside the body. This stimulating title has answers! It also allows readers to explore innovative treatments for infectious diseases other than COVID. These include immunotherapies and even a universal flu vaccine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684169306
Publisher:	The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Publication date:	11/16/2022
Series:	Scientific American Explores Big Ideas
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Section 1 Boosting Our Immune System 7

1.1 How to Boost Your Immunity Claudia Wallis 8

1.2 Fact or Fiction?: Vaccines Are Dangerous Dina Fine Maron 11

1.3 The Brain Has a Special Kind of Memory for Past Infections Raleigh McElvery 16

1.4 Hidden Black Scientists Proved the Polio Vaccine Worked Ainissa Ramirez 19

1.5 Vaccines Reimagined Melinda Wenner Moyer 25

1.6 Genomic Vaccines Fight Disease in Ways Not Possible Before Geoffrey Ling 39

Section 2 Fighting Yourself: Autoimmune Disorders 41

2.1 How I Was Betrayed from Within Maria Konnikova 42

2.2 The Terrible Toll of 76 Autoimmune Diseases Maddie Bender Jen Christiansen Miriam Quick 47

2.3 Targeted Treatments for Autoimmune Disease Make Progress Maria Broadfoot 50

2.4 How Blood Sugar Can Trigger a Deadly Immune Response in the Flu and Possibly COVID-19 Tanya Lewis 62

2.5 How to Kill HIV: Target Its "Influences" Apoorva Mandavilli 66

Section 3 Hacking a Cure for Cancer and Other Diseases 70

3.1 A Shot against Cancer Beatriz M. Carreno Elaine R. Mardis 71

3.2 Are We Innately Immune to Cancer? Mark Lowdell 73

3.3 What's Next after Creating a Cancer-Prevention Vaccine? Dina Fine Maron 76

3.4 Could Immunotherapy Treat Diseases Besides Cancer? Karen Weintraub 84

3.5 Fighting the Opioid Crisis with Vaccines and Better Chemistry Dina Fine Maron 88

3.6 The Next Wave of Immuno-Oncology Rafael Amado Elliot Norry 93

3.7 Vanquishing Diabetes Kristen M. Drescher Steven Tracy 97

3.8 Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer's Treatment Possibilities Jason Ulrich David M. Holtzman 107

Section 4 Hacking COVID: The Search for a Vaccine 119

4.1 A Guide to the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Mark Fischetti Veronica Falconieri Hays Britt Glaunsinger Jen Christiansen 120

4.2 What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means Stacey McKenna 123

4.3 COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Search for Antibodies That 'First Do No Harm' Esther Landhuis 127

4.4 Fast-Track Drugs Michael Waldholz 132

Section 5 Future Hacks: Learning from COVID 138

5.1 How Communication around COVID Fuels a Mistrust of Science Joseph V. Sakran Kavita K. Patel 139

5.2 The Vaccine Rollout Is Changing How We Think about Prescription Meds Mark Westall 143

5.3 We Need a Universal Flu Vaccine before the Next Pandemic Strikes Catharine I. Paules Anthony S. Fauci 146

5.4 Contagions Worse Than COVID Will Prevail If Neglect of Global Public Health Continues the Editors of Scientific American 149

5.5 How Real-World Data Can Help Us Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic Joseph Menzin Peter Neumann 152

Glossary 156

Further Information 157

Citations 158

Index 159