1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716110003321

Titolo

To amend section 1112 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia. May 14, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 pages)

Collana

House report / 69th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 1207

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8534]

Altri autori (Persone)

GrahamGeorge Scott <1850-1931.> (Republican (PA))

Soggetti

Lawyers - Fees

Costs (Law)

Legislative amendments

Court marshals

Marshals - United States

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911102872703321

Autore

Davis Daniel M (Daniel Michael), <1970->

Titolo

The compatibility gene : how our bodies fight disease, attract others, and define our selves / / Daniel M. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-931642-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Classificazione

MED044000

Disciplina

616/.042

Soggetti

Human molecular genetics

Immunogenetics

Infection - Immunological aspects

Medical genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: Human Compatibility - A Scientific Revolution -- 1. Frankenstein's holy trinity -- 2. Self and non-self -- 3. Dead but alive in parts -- 4. A crystal clear answer at last -- PART II: The Frontier of Compatibility Research -- 5. Differences between us that matter -- 6. Pathfinders -- 7. Missing self -- PART III: The Overarching System -- 8. Sex and smelly T-shirts -- 9. Secrets of the mind -- 10. The footprints of your existence -- Epilogue: What makes you so special? -- Acknowledgements -- References and Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Compatibility Gene takes readers on a global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology. That journey has revealed astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive disease. Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the differ