Advances in Comparative Immunology

ISBN 10: 3319767674 / ISBN 13: 9783319767673

Published by Springer, 2018

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Synopsis:

Immunologists, perhaps understandably, most often concentrate on the human immune system, an anthropocentric focus that has resulted in a dearth of information about the immune function of all other species within the animal kingdom. However, knowledge of animal immune function could help not only to better understand human immunology, but perhaps more importantly, it could help to treat and avoid the blights that affect animals, which consequently affect humans. Take for example the mass death of honeybees in recent years – their demise, resulting in much less pollination, poses a serious threat to numerous crops, and thus the food supply. There is a similar disappearance of frogs internationally, signaling ecological problems, among them fungal infections.   

This book aims to fill this void by describing and discussing what is known about non-human immunology. It covers various major animal phyla, its chapters organized in a progression fromthe simplest unicellular organisms to the most complex vertebrates, mammals. Chapters are written by experts, covering the latest findings and new research being conducted about each phylum. 

Edwin L. Cooper is a Distinguished Professor in the Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Department of Neurobiology at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.

About the Author: Edwin L. Cooper is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. 

Bibliographic Details

Title: Advances in Comparative Immunology
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New