Molecular Immunity

This book covers a scientific history of the discoveries in immunology of the past 60-years, i.e. what was discovered, who made the advances and how they accomplished them, and why others did not.

All molecular advances occurred in the last 60 years, and no one has described them.

Contents: Twenty Years of Cellular DiscoveryFrom Activities to Molecules: The InterleukinsThe Beginnings of Molecular ImmunologyMolecular Mechanisms of T Cell CytolysisMolecular Mechanisms of T Cell HelpThe Molecules of MacrophagesAdditional T Cell signals: Co-Stimulatory & Co-inhibitoryRegulatory T CellsImmunotherapy
Readership: Undergraduates, graduate students and academics in medicine (immunology) and life sciences (molecular biology, genetics).
Key Features:This will be the first history of immunology since the 1960sThe author pioneered the field of molecular immunologyThe text is meticulously documented