In Defense of Self: How the Immune System Really Works

by William R. Clark

Book Overview

We live in a sea of seething microbial predators, an infinity of invisible and invasive microorganisms capable of setting up shop inside us and sending us to an early grave. The only thing keeping them out? The immune system.

William Clark's In Defense of Self offers a refreshingly accessible tour of the immune system, putting in layman's terms essential information that has been for too long the exclusive province of trained specialists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195335554
• ISBN13: 9780195335552
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.4"