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Aging, Immunity, and Infection
. Ed(S): Albright, Joseph F.; Albright, Julia W.
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Description for Aging, Immunity, and Infection
Hardback. Reviews the major features and functions of the immune system that are most likely, or known, to be significantly altered by aging, and offers insightful analyses of the consequences for those aging subjects who must cope with infection. This book also explains how advances may be made in understanding the basic biology. Editor(s): Albright, Joseph F.; Albright, Julia W. Series: Infectious Disease. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJC; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
The preparation of Aging, Immunity, and Infection has been a "labor of labor. " When we began, there existed a huge literature-but manage able, we thought, given our years of experience in the area often referred to as immunogerontology. However, in the time that we have been at work, the new relevant literature has increased at a prodigious rate. The more we read and tried to assimilate, the farther we fell behind. In order to have any hope of completing a book on this rapidly evolving topic, we have been forced to become increasingly selective in covering new and re ... Read more
The preparation of Aging, Immunity, and Infection has been a "labor of labor. " When we began, there existed a huge literature-but manage able, we thought, given our years of experience in the area often referred to as immunogerontology. However, in the time that we have been at work, the new relevant literature has increased at a prodigious rate. The more we read and tried to assimilate, the farther we fell behind. In order to have any hope of completing a book on this rapidly evolving topic, we have been forced to become increasingly selective in covering new and re ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
Infectious Disease
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896036444
SKU
V9780896036444
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Reviews for Aging, Immunity, and Infection
"This is a forward-looking book. The two authors provide their synthesis of a very broad and dense field in most interesting ways. Their writing is elegant and annotated. That they can interpolate research and comments made 20 years ago into what is being discovered today is a manifestation of their excellent mastery of the area. They bring it all together ... Read more