The Immune System: A Very Short Introduction [1st ed.] 9780198753902, 019875390X
The immune system is central to human health and the focus of much medical research. Growing understanding of the immune
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Table of contents :
List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
1 What is the immune system?
2 First responders: the innate immune response
3 Adaptive immunity: a voyage of (non-)self-discovery
4 Making memories
5 Too little immunity: immunological failure
6 Too much immunity: auto-immunity and allergic diseases
7 The immune system v2.0: biological and immune therapies
Further reading
Index
