In Defense of Self How the Immune System Really Works

Name: In Defense of Self How the Immune System Really Works
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ISBN: 9780195335552

ISBN-10: 0195335554

ISBN-13: 9780195335552

Edition: 2007

Authors: William R. Clark

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Our immune system is the only thing standing between us and a sea of microbial predators that could send us to an early and ugly death. Equipped with genetic, chemical and cellular weapons, it evicts unwelcome microrganisms that find the human body a delightful place to live, carefully admitting only the few microbes that our bodies need to help us digest food and process vitamins. When the system works successfully, the vast majority of disease-causing microbes - bacteria, viruses, molds and a few parasites - are kept at bay. But the immune system isn't perfect. The same system that could save us in the event of a bioterrorist attack, prevents us from accepting potentially life-saving…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




How the Immune System Works



What Is an Immune System?



Antibodies



How Do Antibodies Work?



T Cells: The Second Arm of Adaptive Immunity



The Immune System in Health and Disease



The Immune Response to Infectious Disease: All-Out War!



When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Microbial Immunopathology



Vaccines: How They Work, Why They Sometimes Don't, and What We Can Do About It



When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: HIV/AIDS



When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases



When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Hypersensitivity and Allergy



The Immune System and Cancer



Autoimmunity



Organ Transplantation



First Defense: The Immune System and Bioterrorism


Glossary


Index