Instant Notes in Immunology
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Author(s): P. M. Lydyard, A. Whelan and M. W. Fanger
Publisher: BIOS
ISBN: 1859960774
Format: softback
318pp
Price: £14.95
Review Date: 31 May 2000
Review: This textbook covers all important areas in immunology. The book is divided into chapters on: components of the immune system; mechanisms involved in the development of immunity; the immune system in action; when the immune system goes wrong; and immunotechnology. It covers: external defences; cells of the natural immune system; natural killer cells; mast cells and blasophils; antibodies; cytokines; damage caused by the immune system; generation of diversity; immunity to infection; tumour immunity; transplant rejection; flow cytometry, and lymphocyte activation.