02325nam 2200505 a 450 991095836230332120200520144314.01-4416-3815-60-19-988749-70-19-972546-2(CKB)2560000000292993(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073954(MiAaPQ)EBC3052138(MiAaPQ)EBC7037777(EXLCZ)99256000000029299320060623d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn defense of self how the immune system really works /William R. Clark1st ed.New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (vi, 265 p.) illIncludes index.0-19-533663-1 0-19-986856-5 What is an immune system? -- Antibodies -- How do antibodies work? -- T cells: the second arm of adaptive immunity -- The immune response to infectious disease: all out war! -- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: microbial immunopatholgoy -- Vaccines: how they work, why sometimes they don't, and what we can do about it --When the walls come tumbling down: HIV/AIDS -- When the walls come tumbling down: primary immune deficiencies -- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: hypersensitivity and allergy -- The immune system and cancer -- Autoimmunity -- Organ transplantation -- First defense: the immune system and bioterrorism.William Clark invites readers on a tour of the immune system introducing some of the most important medical advances and challenges of the past 100 years, from the development of vaccines and the treatment of allergies, automimmunity and cancer, to prolonging organ transplants and combating AIDS.ImmunologyImmunityImmunologic diseasesImmunology.Immunity.Immunologic diseases.616.07/9Clark William R.1938-262163MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958362303321In defense of self4414724UNINA