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The Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity

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Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity - Pradeu, Thomas, and Vitanza, Elizabeth
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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. 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 ...

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Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity 2019, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190869571

Trade paperback

Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity 2012, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780199775286

Hardcover