In this book the author relates in popular language about the latest attainments of biology and medicine, and about the future of these sciences.The reader will learn about exciting operation on the heart, the mystery of cancer, the use of electronics in - medicine and about ingenious experiments aimed at extracting fresh information. He will get acquainted with viruses and the construction of the living cell, and will learn about the role of the new and rapidly developing molecular biology.Anatoly ShvartsPhysician and writer Anatoly Shvarts had done much to popularize biology and medicine. He has written several widely-read books about Russian doctors and physiologists.In “The Code of Life” Shvarts takes the present-day level of biology and medicine and extends it into the future.The book was translated from the Russian by George Yankovsky and was published by Peace publishers in 1966. CONTENTSPart One Medicine takes off 8HEALING THE HEART 9 In a Vicious Circle 10 Three Barriers 14 Cold—Enemy or Friend? 20 The “Sputnik” of Surgery 26THE DOCTOR AND THE ELECTRON 29 Interviewing the Heart 31 Proteins Broadcast 36 Surgery in Full View 41 Diagnostic Complex 49 An Electronic Colleague 61IRON HEALTH 67 The Iron Hand 68 Farsighted Skin 73 One Kidney in Reserve 79 The Formula of the Heart 83FIGHTING OBSTREPEROUS TISSUE 90 The First Find 91 Strange Geography 95 Wandering Carcinogens 98 Magic Bullets 102IN THE DEPTHS OF THE LIVING 106Hours, Not Days! 107 The Seeds of Life 112 Hormone Plantations 117 The Heart of an Eagle 121 A Ray of Hope 126Part TWO. THE TREASURE HOUSE OF THE CELL 136NEVER GROWING OLD 137 The Anatomy of the Eiffel Tower 137 What People Live by 141 The Lymphocyte Builder 146 Prometheus and Monkeys 148 The Best Operation 150VIRUS OF MANY GUISES 154 Ailment in Seven-League Boots 154 The Enemy Attacks 158 How the Virus was Tamed 162 Counterblow 164A TRIP INTO THE MUSCLE 169 A Miracle of Molecular Technology 171 The Fire of Life 176 Pulsed Messengers   181THE BATTLEFIELD OF IMMUNITY   185 Yours and Mine 185 The Tribulations of Insulin 189 The Profile of a Molecule 192 Medicine of the Future 198THE CODE OF LIFE  202 Inside the Cell 203 Protein on the Production Line 207 Who? 217 Disowning One’s Own 225NEWS FROM INSIDE THE CELL 228 A Substance or a Being? 230 This is How  234 A Tilt with the Invisible. 238 Problem “X” 247 Virus Hunters 261