Episode · Huberman Lab · 2026-03-09
Books mentioned on Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer With the Immune System | Dr. Alex Marson
Dr. Alex Marson, MD, PhD, is a Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Emperor of All Maladies
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a comprehensive biography of cancer that traces the disease from historical records through modern scientific breakthroughs and treatments.
Recommended“If anyone's really interested, I would highly recommend the this book The Emperor of All Maladies, which is a which is really a biography of cancer as a disease and talk about I mean, the long history of going back as far as there's records of tumors of various kinds and and the misery associated with that.”
Where to get it
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The Case Against Perfection
The Case Against Perfection by Michael J.
Recommended“There's another book that I I would I would recommend here that I read years ago and I actually I'm probably overdue to go back and and reread this. This predates CRISPR technology, but there's a Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel who years ago wrote a short book called The Case Against Perfection.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Protocols
“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled Protocols, an Operating Manual for the Human Body.”