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Volume 352:1933-1934 May 5, 2005 Number 18

The Innate Immune Response to Infection

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Edited by Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Ruslan Medzhitov, and Siamon Gordon. 465 pp., illustrated. Washington, D.C., ASM Press, 2004. $115.95. ISBN 1-55581-291-0.

Some of the most exciting recent advances in immunology have been made in a field that has languished for too long: that of the innate immune system, particularly the complex web of first-response molecules that compose it. Immunologic research in the past three decades has rushed to characterize critical dichotomies in immune response — such as the B and T lymphocytes, CD4 and CD8 T cells, and humoral as compared with cellular immunity — whereas the investigation of innate immune pathways has proceeded at a slower (but steady) rate. Now, however, it is time for a fine book on the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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