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A commotion in the blood : life, death, and the immune system
- Title
- A commotion in the blood : life, death, and the immune system/ Stepehn S. Hall.
- Author
- Hall, Stephen S.
- Publication
- New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 544 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Sloan technology series
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-515) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: "shooting rubber bands at the stars" -- 1. The occasional miracle -- "Laudable pus" -- "The man who does the most work does the best work" -- Bleak house -- The method of choice -- The Coley phenomenon -- 2. The patron saint of cytokines -- In search of an interferon -- Lymphodrek -- "The cloning of interferon and other mistakes" -- "One of my best known accidents" -- 3. The rise of the T cell chauvinists -- The silk purse years -- The rise of the T cell chauvinists -- To be in motion -- The end of the beginning? -- "There's just so much you can learn from a mouse" -- 4. In vivo veritas -- "One plus one equals ten" -- "Beautiful living things" -- "Dr. Levy's favorite guinea pig" -- A piece of misleading news -- The next great magic bullet -- Epilogue: Metaphors, manic depression, and the "C" word -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 97-8031
- ISBN
- 0805037969 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97000404
- OCLC
- 36178956
- Author
- Hall, Stephen S.
- Title
- A commotion in the blood : life, death, and the immune system/ Stepehn S. Hall.
- Imprint
- New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- The Sloan technology series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-515) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 97-8031