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Metchnikoff and the origins of immunology : from metaphor to theory /
This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed from comparative embryological studies that sought to establish genealogical relations between species at the dawn of the Darwinian revolution. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore ore Metchnikoff's development as an embryologist, showing how it prepared him to propose his theor. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 142373470X 9781423734703 019534510X 9780195345100 9780195064476 019506447X |