The Angel and the Assassin Quotes

“(And, as of this writing, happily, we seem to be keeping a lid on plagues and pandemics.)”
― Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine

“Perhaps most astonishing, in 2017, researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine showed that they could use physical inflammatory markers to predict suicide attempts. Simply activating an individual’s inflammatory immune response—as if they’re fighting off a viral infection—can trigger feelings of deep despair, and even suicidal thoughts.*”
― Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine