1 Table of Contents: “... in development they are vulnerable to pathological conditions e.g. inflammation, which may result in barrier...”

2 Table of Contents: “... and pathetically flawed -- Proximate and evolutionary explanations -- Explain vulnerability, not diseases -- Six...”

3 Table of Contents: “... Leukemia (AML) -- Transcriptional "addiction" and transcriptional vulnerabilities -- BRD4 vulnerabilities...”

4 Table of Contents: “... to the lumbar spine -- Predisposition to injury: "vulnerable" tissues -- Spinal degeneration -- "Functional...”

5 Table of Contents: “... vulnerability -- Cancer and natural protection -- Adaptation and maladaptation -- Wrenching transitions...”

6 Table of Contents: “... of vulnerability as the rest of medicine -- Emotional disorders are dysregulated defenses -- Research and treatment...”

7 Table of Contents: “... control -- Vulnerable patient groups -- Challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic -- Patient safety...”

8 Table of Contents: “... systems -- Addiction and vulnerability...”

9 Table of Contents: “...) -- Research with vulnerable groups...”

10 Table of Contents: “... models -- Pathways of motor neurone vulnerability -- Abnormal protein handling -- Mitochondrial...”

11 Table of Contents: “...Contents: Tuberculosis and vulnerable populations -- ENGAGE-TB -- Integration of TB services...”

12 Table of Contents: “... and the thrifty genotype hypothesis -- Geographical variations in allele frequencies -- Pathogen vulnerability...”

13 Table of Contents: “... -- Risk factors for young children who stutter -- Screening for vulnerability to persistence...”

14 Table of Contents: “... exposures -- Limitations of evolutionary adaptation by natural selection -- Vulnerability to cancer from...”

15 Table of Contents: “... vulnerability -- Complex and multifactorial disease -- Genetic factors -- SOD1 mutations -- Potential mechanisms...”