Immunology : the making of a modern science / edited by Richard B. Gallagher ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallagher, Richard B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunology.

Microbiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Academic Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immunology has progressed in spectacular fashion in the last four decades. Studies of the response to infectious agents, transplanted organs and tumours (and the potential to manipulate that response), and the study of the immune system as a model system in molecular cell biology have yielded dramatic advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of immunity.The field has attracted a continuous stream of the brightest theoretical and experimental scientists for over forty years. This book conveys the philosophies and approaches of sixteen of the most successful of these scientists in the

Contents:

Front Cover; Immunology: The Making of a Modern Science; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Foreword; Chapter 1. The Historical Origins of Modern Immunology; Theories of Immunity; Chapter 2. Origins of the Cell Selection Theories of Antibody Formation; Chapter 3. One Cell - One Antibody; Chapter 4. Roots of and Routes to Autoimmunity; The Cellular Basis of Immunity; Chapter 5. The Mysterious Lymphocyte; Chapter 6. The Discovery of Thymus Function; Chapter 7. About the Discovery of MHC-restricted T Cell Recognition; Chapter 8. Two-signal Models of Lymphocyte Activation

Chapter 9. Ontogeny of the Immune ResponseThe Molecular Basis of Immunity; Chapter 10. The HLA Story; Chapter 11. Early Investigations on Antibody Structure and Idiotypy; Chapter 12. The Contribution of the Cytokine Concept to Immunology; Chapter 13. Somatic Generation of Antibody Diversity; Chapter 14. Tracking an Imaginary Monster: Isolating T Cell Receptor Genes; Immunology and Medicine; Chapter 15. Organ Transplantation and the Revitalization of Immunology; Chapter 16. Immediate Hypersensitivity: A Brief History; Chapter 17. Tumour Immunology; Chapter 18. Hepatitis B Virus and Vaccine

Chapter 19. Studies of Thyroid Autoimmunity: Their Role in Shaping Modern ImmunologyIndex

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-05905-6

9786611059057

0-08-053453-8

OCLC:

476111875