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The Beautiful Cure

byDaniel M Davis

The New Science of Human Health

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Understand how our immune system fights disease and enables the body to heal itself.

'Thrilling... Reads like the best kind of adventure story' STEPHEN FRY
'Excellent' TIM SPECTOR, Sunday Times bestselling author of Spoon-Fed

Here, Professor Daniel Davis charts the groundbreaking scientific quest to understand how it fights disease and enables the body to heal itself. He explains how it is affected by stress, sleep, age and our state of mind, and reveals how all of this knowledge is now unlocking a revolutionary approach to medicine and well-being.

The Beautiful Cure tells a dramatic story of detective work and discovery, of puzzles solved and of the mysteries that remain, and of lives sacrificed and saved.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE

 'Wonderful... recounts in exceptionally clear and sympathetic prose how research into the immune system has resulted in a health revolution' HENRY MARSH

'Thoroughly absorbing... Davis is a wonderful storyteller' BILL BRYSON

Thrilling ... An eye-opening tour de force of scientific writing that reads like the best kind of adventure story

Stephen Fry

About Daniel M Davis

Daniel M. Davis is Head of Life Sciences and Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London. His previous books include The Beautiful Cure, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2018 and described by Henry Marsh as ‘one of the best accounts I have yet come across of the nature of biological science and discovery’; The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live; The Compatibility Gene, which was longlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and shortlisted for the Society of Biology book prize; and Self Defence: A Myth-Busting Guide to Immune Health, which was a Book of the Year in the Daily Mail. Davis has published over 150 research papers and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2025, he was awarded an MBE for services to science communication.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781784702212
  • Length: 272 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 17mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 198g
  • Price: £12.99
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