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    Summary of Matt Richtel's An Elegant Defense
    Summary of Matt Richtel's An Elegant Defense
    Summary of Matt Richtel's An Elegant Defense
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    Summary of Matt Richtel's An Elegant Defense

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    Book Preview: #1 Jason Greenstein, a forty-seven-year-old man with late-stage cancer, was on his way to a miracle. He was going to defy death by standing on its precipice.

    #2 The attack on Jason’s left hand was particularly cruel. When Jason was a kid, he was a phenomenal athlete. He had the looks to match, with dark hair and dark eyes. But his laugh was his defining characteristic. It was pure delight.

    #3 The immune system is a bodyguard that protects us from disease. It is constantly on guard, and it is largely invisible to us. It attacks each cold virus, millions of malignancies, and hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning.

    #4 The immune system is not a war machine, but a peacekeeping force that seeks to create harmony. It is not just concerned with protecting its own tissue, but also the foreign organisms that live on and in us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateFeb 28, 2022
    ISBN9781669353973
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      #1

      Jason Greenstein, a forty-seven-year-old man with late-stage cancer, was on his way to a miracle. He was going to defy death by standing on its precipice.

      #2

      The attack on Jason’s left hand was particularly cruel. When Jason was a kid, he was a phenomenal athlete. He had the looks to match, with dark hair and dark eyes. But his laugh was his defining characteristic. It was pure delight.

      #3

      The immune system is a bodyguard that protects us from disease. It is constantly on guard, and it is largely invisible to us. It attacks each cold virus, millions of malignancies, and hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning.

      #4

      The immune system is not a war machine, but a peacekeeping force that seeks to create harmony. It is not just concerned with protecting its own tissue, but also the foreign organisms that live on and in us.

      #5

      As a New York Times journalist, I wanted to understand the immune system. I found that the story of scientific discovery and heroics is a tale of heroes who have stacked one hard-earned revelation on top of another.

      #6

      The immune system story is about life and death, the struggle for peace and harmony, successful integration, and evolution. It is a story of friendship.

      #7

      When Jason was in eighth grade, he had a life philosophy that would define him for a few years. He called his group of friends the Concerned Fellows League. The CFL philosophy was the opposite of what it seemed to express. They were not particularly concerned.

      #8

      The author’s father, Joel, died in 1984. Jason was five-nine in high-tops, not the lone star on the team, but he was the glue and point guard. He helped the Boulder High School Panthers win the 1984 basketball state play-offs.

      #9

      By the late nineties, I had formed a deep, authentic friendship with Jason. We were always excited about new business ideas, and he loved driving in the desert and being in the open road. When he landed in Phoenix on May 9, 2010, his airline had misplaced his luggage, which included his sample kits of trinkets. He had to stand there, waiting.

      #10

      Jason had a platonic relationship with a stripper, whom he had met in Vegas. He was constantly getting sick, and when he went

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