ISBN: 9780198753902
View Book- Gives a succinct account of the evolution of innate and adaptive immunity, and how they operate, primarily in humans but also drawing on examples in other animals
- Considers the consequences of too little immunity (immunodeficiency), caused for example by HIV/AIDS, and too much, leading to autoimmune and allergic diseases
- Discusses some of the important recent advances in harnessing the immune system for immunotherapies, for example in the treatment of cancers
- Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over eight million copies sold worldwide
