The limits of the self : immunology and biological identity /

Immunology asserts that an individual can be defined through self and nonself. 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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pradeu, Thomas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Immunology, Self and Nonself
  • 2. The Self-Nonself Theory
  • 3. Critique of the Self-Nonself Theory
  • 4. The Continuity Theory
  • 5. Comparing the Continuity Theory to Other Immunological Theories
  • 6. What Is an Organism? Immunity and the Individuality of the Organism.