Immunity: The Evolution of an Idea

by Alfred I Tauber and Alfred I. Tauber

Book Overview

Modern immunology traditionally conceives of the immune system as providing defense against pathogens. Alfred I. Tauber criticizes this conception of immunity as too narrow, because it discounts much of the immune system's other normal functions. These include active tolerance of nutritional exchanges with the environment and the stabilization of cooperative relationships with resident micro-organisms. An expanded account extends immunity's functional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190651245
• ISBN13: 9780190651244
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"