Minggu, 04 Juli 2010

The Limits of the Self

The Limits of the Self
Author: Thomas Pradeu
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0199775281

What counts as an individual in the living world? What does it mean for a living thing to remain the same through time, while constantly changing? These questions are the province of immunology, one of the most dynamic fields in biology. Download The Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Immunology answers these questions with its theory of "self" and "nonself" which has dominated the field since the 1940s. Thomas Pradeu argues that this theory is inadequate, because immune responses to self constituents and immune tolerance of foreign entities are the rule, not the exception. Instead Pradeu advances an alternative theory, the continuity theory, which offers a new way to answer the question of what triggers an immune response. It also echoes the recent realization that all organisms, and not Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. The Limits of the Self medical books pdf for free. It also echoes the recent realization that all organisms, and not



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