In Defense of Self : How the Immune System Really Works.

Intro -- Contents -- Part 1: How the Immune System Works -- 1 What Is an Immune System? -- 2 Antibodies -- 3 How Do Antibodies Work? -- 4 T Cells: The Second Arm of Adaptive Immunity -- Part 2: The Immune System in Health and Disease -- 5 The Immune Response to Infectious Disease: All-Out War! -- 6 When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Microbial Immunopathology -- 7 Vaccines: How They Work, Why They Sometimes Don't, and What We Can Do About It -- 8 When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: HIV/AIDS -- 9 When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases -- 10 When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Hypersensitivity and Allergy -- 11 The Immune System and Cancer -- 12 Autoimmunity -- 13 Organ Transplantation -- 14 First Defense: The Immune System and Bioterrorism -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

In In Defense of Self, William Clark invites you on a whirlwind tour of your immune system. Along the way, he introduces some of most important medical advances and challenges of the past hundred years, from the development of vaccines and the treatment of allergies, autoimmunity and cancer, to prolonging organ transplants and combating AIDS. William Clark not only explains how a vital part of our bodies works to "serve and protect," he also provides background for the exciting research themes of today that will produce the medical breakthroughs of tomorrow.

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