In defense of self : how the immune system really works / / William R. Clark
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| Autore: |
Clark William R. <1938->
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| Titolo: |
In defense of self : how the immune system really works / / William R. Clark
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (vi, 265 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 616.07/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Immunology |
| Immunity | |
| Immunologic diseases | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | In defense of self |
| ISBN: | 1-4416-3815-6 |
| 0-19-988749-7 | |
| 0-19-972546-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910958362303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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