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Immunosuppression and Human Malignancy
Naor, David; Klein, Benjamin Y.; Tarcic, Nora; Duke-Cohan, Jonathan S.
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Paperback. Series: Contemporary Immunology. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
The immune system can deal effectively with the majority of viruses and bacteria, less effectively with parasites, and very poorly with cancer. Why is this so? Why are McFarlane Burnet's and Lewis Thomas' predictions that the immune system is in volved in ridding the body of cancer cells, encapsulated in the catchy phrase "immunologic surveillance," so difficult to experi mentally establish? Cancer differs from infectious agents in being derived from the host. Hence, it has been postulated that cancer cells lack anti gens that the immune system can recognize. They are not "im munogenic. " However, this argument is seriously ... Read more
The immune system can deal effectively with the majority of viruses and bacteria, less effectively with parasites, and very poorly with cancer. Why is this so? Why are McFarlane Burnet's and Lewis Thomas' predictions that the immune system is in volved in ridding the body of cancer cells, encapsulated in the catchy phrase "immunologic surveillance," so difficult to experi mentally establish? Cancer differs from infectious agents in being derived from the host. Hence, it has been postulated that cancer cells lack anti gens that the immune system can recognize. They are not "im munogenic. " However, this argument is seriously ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Immunology
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781461288466
SKU
V9781461288466
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