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How the Immune System Works (Blackwell's How It Works)
Understanding the immune system is crucial for both medical and bioscience students, with new research revealing yet more secrets year on year. Many books offer in-depth introductions to the subject, but How the Immune System Works remains uniquely popular for its personable and practical overview of the nuts and bolts of the immune system. This third edition provides a perfect introduction to the essential principles of the immune system, covered in humorous but highly informative 'lectures' accompanied by clear and accessible illustrations. It is perfect for exam preparation or as an enjoyable overview of a difficult subject. Both students and instructors will welcome the clarity and authority that Lauren Sompayrac brings to this timely revision..
Price: $27.00
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Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
Here's a readable and concise introduction to the workings of the human immune system, with emphasis on clinical relevance. The format makes learning easy with short, easy-to-read chapters, color tables, key point summaries, and review questions in every chapter. - Relates basic science to clinical disorders through clinical cases for better application in a real-world setting.
- Includes a full Glossary to keep you on the cutting edge of immunologic terminology.
- Includes appendices summarizing the features of CD Molecules, a handy Glossary, and Clinical Cases that test your understanding of how the immune system functions in health and disease.
- Illustrated with beautiful full-color artwork for enhanced visual learning.
- Provides the most up-to-date immunology information including coverage of regulatory T cells, and biology of the Th17 subset of CD4+ T cells to keep you completely current.
- Access integration links through included STUDENT CONSULT access for more in-depth study.
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Price: $54.44
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Cellular and Molecular Immunology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Cellular & Molecular Immunology (Abbas))
An exceptionally lucid guide to the latest immunology concepts! Through five best-selling editions, readers worldwide have appreciated this book's in-depth yet straightforward, richly illustrated approach to this complex subject. Now, sweeping updates incorporate the latest discoveries about innate immunity, the organization of lymphoid organs, and many other cutting-edge topics. Plus, online access via STUDENT CONSULT makes this an even more powerful learning resource! - Clearly explains the experimental observations that form the basis for the science of immunology at the molecular, cellular, and whole-organism levels-and the conclusions that can be drawn from those observations.
- Highlights the implications of immunologic science for the management of human disease, emphasizing the clinical relevance of the material.
- Innate immunity chapter has been increased and moved to the beginning of the book to reflect how this area is newly recognized as a critical part of immunology.
- New material has been added on:
- recognition of microbial products by cytoplasmic and membrane sensors
- intricate organization of lymphoid tissues
- functional heterogeneity of subsets of dendritic cells and lymphocytes
- roles of regulatory cells and inhibitory pathways in immune regulation.
- Provides a wealth of excellent full-color photographs and illustrations that enable you to visualize immunologic processes quickly.
- Includes highlighted "take-home messages" that make it easy to review key information.
- Image Collection on Evolve
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Price: $61.52
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The Top 100 Immunity Boosters: 100 Recipes to Keep Your Immune System Fighting Fit
Eat well today for a healthier tomorrow! With proper nutrition, we can actually bolster our immune system—and, as these 100 recipes prove, it’s not only easy to do, it’s also delicious Here are foods rich in important vitamins, such as A, B complex, C, and E; in minerals, including zinc, selenium, and calcium; in Omega-3 and -6 fatty acids; and in protein and fiber. For each choice, there’s a tasty recipe, and information on its beneficial nutrients. Enjoy a sweet potato summer salad (with lots of betacarotene); cholesterol-lowering guacamole; broccoli stir-fry (a potential cancer-fighter); and a tasty blueberry smoothie. An ailment directory makes it simple to locate the right food for any problem. .
Price: $3.39
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Immunobiology
Immunobiology, Sixth Edition guides the reader through the immune system in all its aspects - from the first engagement of innate immunity to the generation of the adaptive immune response and its clinical consequences. The Sixth Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, and now includes end-of-chapter questions. Immunobiology sets the standard for currency and authority with its clear writing style and organization, full-color art program, scientific accuracy, frequent updates, and consistent viewpoint - that of the host's interaction with an environment containing many species of potentially harmful microorganisms..
Price: $69.99
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Mother Food: A Breastfeeding Diet Guide with Lactogenic Foods and Herbs - Build Milk Supply, Boost Immunity, Lift Depression, Detox, Lose Weight, Optimize a Baby's IQ, and Reduce Colic and Allergy
"Mother Food," published in 2004 under the title "Mother Food for Breastfeeding Mothers," is here republished under the title: "Mother Food: A Breastfeeding Diet Guide with Lactogenic Foods and Herbs - Build Milk Supply, Boost Immunity, Lift Depression, Detox, Lose Weight, Optimize a Baby's IQ, and Reduce Colic and Allergies" "Mother Food" is a unique health guide, cookbook and herbal for breastfeeding mothers. Recommended by lactation consultants and approved by the La Leche League International Book Evaluation Committee, "Mother Food" helps create healthful eating habits to last a lifetime. These guidelines: * Facilitate gentle detox
* Promote vitality and alleviate fatigue
* Help a mother overcome food cravings, lose weight, and maintain a healthy weight level without the yo-yo effect
* Nourish a mother's and her baby's immune system
* Develop mental focus and concentration, increase a mother's cognition while increasing the IQ-enhancing components of her breastmilk
* Support emotional balance
"Mother Food" provides crucial information to the breastfeeding mother: * Foods, herbs and recipes that support milk supply and promote the let-down reflex
* Guidelines for the detective work involved in eliminating so-called "trigger foods" that may be the cause of a baby's digestive distress
* Guidelines on what to include in a mom's diet to strengthen the immune-boosting properties of her breastmilk In addition, "Mother Food" provides insights into the views and traditions of Eastern and Ancient Medicine on breastfeeding and milk supply, and a detailed herbal for both common and lesser-known galactagogues. .
Price: $17.50
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Fundamental Immunology
The textbook that has defined the field of immunology since 1984 is now in its thoroughly revised and updated Sixth Edition This comprehensive, up-to-date text will be of interest to graduate students,post-doctoral fellows, basic and clinical immunologists, microbiologists and infectious disease physicians, and any physician treating diseases in which immunologic mechanisms play a role. This edition features expanded coverage of regulatory T cells, innate immunity, and dendritic cells. Additional chapters on cytokines are also included. A companion Website offers the fully searchable text, plus all illustrations in full color and comprehensive lists of references. (www.fundamentalimmunology.com) .
Price: $125.00
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Diplomatic Immunity (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures)
A Komarran merchant fleet is impounded at Graf Station following an incident. Waiting there are diplomatic snarls, tangled loyalties, old friends, new enemies, racial tension, lies and disappearances - and a lethal secret with wider consequences than even Miles Vorkosigan anticipates..
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