This book by Siddharta Mukherjee shows the advances in understanding of the Cell and Life, through the history of Cell Biology.
To understand potentiality, health, disease, cure and death, we need to understand the functioning of cells, how they morph into functionally specialized organisms, how organisms grow, how genetic codes guide these processes etc.
The book also makes a strong case for understanding life: living systems come from stardust elements, spontaneously form into new living systems.
The book shows at microlevel how cells and organisms interact with their environments, which interactions they may have. And also which ones they make be overwhelmed by.
Cure, Disease, and Development depend on Genetic Code, Errors in their copying leading to erroneous instructions.
Living systems and cells can overcome quite some disturbance coming from external factors, but are not immune against all causes. And mistakes happen in the process.
Still, there is an overwhelming amout of chemical, physical and mathematical design and systems function in the cell and in living systems.
Reference: Mukherjee, Siddharta, 2022. The Song of the Cell. The Story of Life. London: Penguin Random House.