Title: At war within : the double-edged sword of immunity /
Authors: Clark, William R., 1938-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System; Immune system Popular works.; Immunologic diseases Popular works.
Abstract: A look at the immune system and its potential to help and hurt.
Contents: Overture to a science unborn: smallpox and the origins of immunology -- The anatomy of an immune response -- Living in the bubble: primary immune deficiency diseases -- hypersensitivity and allergy -- Horror autotoxicus: the immunology of self-destruction -- When the wall comes tumbling down: AIDS -- Organ transplantation: exploring the boundary between technology and ethics -- Minding the immune system's business: the dialogue between the brain and the immune system -- Diversity, tolerance, and memory: the politically correct immune system.