Immunology

In situ hybridization has developed as a means of localizing specific DNA and RNA sequences within tissues.

It is now 10 years since the first AIDS cases were reported in the USA.

Gastrointestinal diseases present a considerable problem in human medicine in terms of both morbidity and mortality.

This volume covers the latest protocols used to study the molecular biology of morbilliviruses, including cell entry, replication, and virus-host interactions.

In March 1983 the Secretary of State for Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs appointed the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios (STG).

The complement system is a group of proteins which plays a major role in the processing and removal of microorganisms and tissue breakdown products from the circulation and extracellular spaces.

Since the first edition of Complement in Health and Disease was published in 1986, significant advances have been made.

This book offers an insightful exploration into the relationship between diet and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), aiming to address a crucial question: Can dietary interventions serve as effective preventative and therapeutic measures for patients with MS?

Recombinant human interleukin-2 became available for clinical use in the mid 1980s.

A comprehensive reference work: This looseleaf work is an authoritative compilation of methods for the detection of autoantibodies (Section A: Methods of Autoantibody Detection); the structure, function, and molecular and biochemical concepts of autoantigens (Section B: Autoantigens); and the clinical significance of measuring autoantibodies in patients with rheumatic, connective tissue and autoimmune diseases (Section C: Clinical Significance of Autoantibodies).

Until recently, the contribution of immunological knowledge to the under- standingand management ofENTdisorders was slight, being largely confined to the appreciation that many rhinitic patients were allergic.

Connective tissue diseases demand study because of their frequency, morbidity and mortality.

The role of the immune response in both the pathology of liver disease and in the modulation ofliver injury has been the subject of intense research.

Rejection and Tolerance is the latest subject in the Continuing Education series, organized by Fondation Marcel Merieux and Universite Claude Bernard in Lyon.

Only recently a new range of agents has become available that are capable of stimulating and regulating host defense systems against microorganisms.

Organ Shortage: The Solutions is the latest subject in the Continuing Education series, organized by Fondation Marcel Merieux and Universite Claude Bernard in Lyon.

An immunological approach to the treatment of cancer has many theoretical features to commend it.

Acute radiation injury in man has been amply reviewed in the past decades (1-8).

Seventeen years after its initial description, nuclear factor-KB (NF-KB) endures as one of the most studied transcription factors.

This title provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art summary of current and future immunosuppressive strategies in transplantation, with emphasis on the basic science mechanisms and clinical applicability of these strategies.

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are common.

This work reviews the basic concepts of immunology and introduces the reader to the latest findings on immunological aspects of diseases of the head and neck.

The student of biological science in his final years as an undergraduate and his first years as a graduate is expected to gain some familiarity with current research at the frontiers of his discipline.

Sixteen years have passed since the first Leiden Conference on Mononuclear Phagocytes.

IX The International Seminar on the Immunological System as a Target for Toxic Damage was held at The Commission of the European Communities (CEC) in Luxembourg on 6-9 November 1984.

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Nineteen eighty-six is a most appropriate year in which to be writing about developments in the organ-specific, autoimmune endocrine diseases.

Rapid advances continue to be made in all areas of immunology, not least the biology of the immunoglobulins.

The International Symposium on Frontiers in Microbiology has been de- dicated to Prof.

Those who have had the privilege to visit the Sistine Chapel may remember the fres- co painting of Jesus curing the leper (Marcus 1, 40-45).

Over the past 5 years, clinical immunology, as a whole, has advanced more rapidly than over the past 20 years.

This volume has been written specifically for the practising clinician.

The eye can become involved in immune-mediated diseases that affect it alone or as part of a multi-organ disease process.

Definition of the barrier The interstitial fluid (rSF) of the brain is separated from the blood by the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

This book is a direct result of a symposium held in December 1988, in Washington, DC, honoring Professor Emeritus Miodrag Ristic for his contributions to rickettsial disease research, in general, and, to ehrlichiosis, in particular.

The immunology of mucosal surfaces is one of the most exciting and relevant areas of medical veterinary and dental research since it applies basic research to tissues in- volved in everyday defence against microbes and against environmental and food antigens.

Immunotherapy began in 1774 when the Dorset farmer Benjamin Jesty inoculated his wife and two sons with the pus from the teat of a cow suffering from cow pox, using his wife's knitting needle as a vaccinating implement.

Despite enormous efforts, over 100,000 papers and over $22 billion spent by the US taxpayer alone, the HIV-AIDS hypothesis has failed to produce any public health benefits, no vaccine, no effective drug, no prevention, no cure, not a single life saved.

The justification for yearbooks is greater than ever as we approach the third millennium, overwhelmed with information.