![]() ![]() ![]() Richtel is not a doctor (nor does he pretend to be), but that hasn't stopped him from tackling one of the most complicated and vexing topics in modern medicine: the human immune system. I was speaking with Matt Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the provocative new book "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives" (William Morrow, 448 pp., ★★★ out of four). ![]() I was struck by the ease with which my interviewer spoke about the obscure disease and wondered if he might have a medical degree or, perhaps, a doctoral degree in immunology. Last year, I was chatting with a journalist about the outbreak of a deadly new fungal infection when I was compelled to pause the conversation. ![]()
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