A History of Modern Immunology: The Path Toward Understanding
The Path Toward Understanding
- Editore:
PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
- EAN:
9780124169746
- ISBN:
0124169740
- Pagine:
- 340
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione A History of Modern Immunology: The Path Toward Understanding
Presently there is an information overflow in immunology (one article appears every 20 minutes). The book, by describing, analyzing and conceptualizing several seminal discoveries is particularly useful for young scientists but also for the more mature, who use "puzzling or not puzzling" as a major but commonly misleading selection criterion. The book summarizes the major events in the construction of the immunology-tower during a period roughly corresponding to the last third of the 20th century, the era when most questions about the biology of the immune system were raised and also found their answers. Written by an "eyewitness," it provides a concise introduction to the following topics: immunological specificity, antibody diversity, monoclonal antibodies, major histocompatibility complex, antigen presentation, T cell biology, immunological tolerance and autoimmune disease. This book provides a broad background of the discipline of immunology that the reader can easily supplement with recent textbooks.
