The Generation of Diversity: Clonal Selection Theory and the Rise of Molecular Immunology

by Alfred I. Tauber

Book Overview

In recent decades immunology has been one of the most exciting--and successful--fields of biomedical research. Over the past thirty years immunologists have acquired a detailed understanding of the immune system's unique recognition mechanism and of the cellular and chemical means used to destroy or neutralize invading organisms. This understanding has been formulated in terms of the clonal selection theory, the dominant explanation of immune behavior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00E25RRHI
• ISBN13: 9780674001824
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"