In defense of self : how the immune system really works / William R. Clark.
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.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Vaccines: how they work, why sometimes they don't, and what we can do about it
- When the walls come tumbling down: AIDS
- When the walls come tumbling down: primary immune deficiencies
- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution
- The immune system and cancer
- Autoimmunity
- Organ transplantation
- First defense: the immune system and bioterrorism.