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Zusatztext The book could serve as good supplementary reading and should be in all libraries. Even professional immunologists will learn something. Informationen zum Autor William R. Clark has taught immunology at the University of California for over twenty years, and is the author of one of the standard textbooks in the field. He is an internationally recognized authority on cellular immune responses, and has published many papers on the subject. Klappentext Clark's highly accessible book takes readers on a fascinating tour through the immune system, examining the history of its discovery, the ways in which it protects humans, and how it may bring its full force to bear at the wrong time in the wrong place. 5 linecuts. Zusammenfassung This layman's guide to the workings of the immune system uses stories and examples to emphasize exactly what occurs in such immunological disorders as hypersensitivity and allergy, autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency, AIDS, transplantation and cancer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Overture to a science unborn: Smallpox and the origins of immunology Chapter 2: The anatomy of an immune response Chapter 3: Living in the bubble: Primary immune deficiency diseases Chapter 4: Hypersensitivity and allergy Chapter 5: Horror autotoxicus: The immunology of self-destruction Chapter 6: When the wall comes tumbling down ... AIDS Chapter 7: Organ transplantation: Technology vs. ethics? Chapter 8: Minding the immune system's business: The dialogue between the brain and the immune system Appendix: Diversity, tolerance and memory: The intellectual history of immunology
