How pathbreaking research into the brain's connections to the immune system offers new hope for treating diseases, injuries, and the effects of aging. In the past, the brain was considered an autonomous organ, self-contained and completely separate from the body's immune system. But over the past twenty years, neuroimmunologist Michal Schwartz, together with her research team, not only has overturned this misconception but has brought to light revolutionary...

"A groundbreaking narrative exploration of the human immune system--the key to human health and longevity--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering"--

"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the human body's immune response to infectious disease"--

Looking for reliable information and answers to your questions about vaccines? In Immunization Information, Dr. Martin Myers-one of the nation's leading experts on vaccines, infectious diseases, and immunization-describes the benefits and risks related to immunization and the underlying diseases that vaccines prevent. Understand what's in each vaccine and how they work. Learn about the infections that vaccines prevent and why they remain important...

"Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was...

This book provides patients and their physicians (especially "non-oncologist" health care providers) with a clear and concise introduction to cancer immunotherapy, which, unlike traditional forms of cancer therapy, acts by boosting the patient's own immune system to fight cancer. The unique features of cancer immunotherapy make its management, monitoring and side-effects different from those of traditional cancer therapy. Especially novel are the...

This book is about three inflammatory conditions that underlie wheat sensitivities caused by the consumption of wheat and related cereals. The book describes, discusses and differentiates celiac disease, amylase trypsin inhibitor (ATI) sensitivity, and the wide spectrum of wheat allergies, especially a novel, but highly common atypical wheat allergy. The mechanisms of the three wheat sensitivities along with their clinical characteristics, and their...

Este libro contiene información relevante sobre los aspectos esenciales de enfermedades animales de carácter zoonótico y de enfermedades propias de los animales, causadas por agentes biológicos. Se han incluido patologías que afectan a especies domésticas de importancia productiva, pero también a animales de compañía como los felinos y caninos, con el objetivo de que este libro entregue información básica para médicos veterinarios, médicos...

This first edition volume demystifies the complex topic of flow cytometry by providing detailed explanations and nearly 120 figures to help novice flow cytometry users learn and understand the bedrock principles necessary to perform basic flow cytometry experiments correctly. The book divides the topic of flow cytometry into easy to understand sections and covers topics such as the physics behind flow cytometry, flow cytometry lingo, designing flow...

For the first time since a 5th century Greek physician gave the name "cancer" (karkinos, in Greek) to a deadly disease first described in Egyptian Papyri, the medical world is near a breakthrough that could allow even the most conservative doctors and pragmatic patients to use the other "c word" — cure — in the same sentence as cancer. A remarkable series of events has brought us to this point, thanks in large part to a new ability to more efficiently...