Published June, 2011
By Albert M. Wu
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Highlights the informative events of the Symposium on Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates III, held at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, on July 15-20, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Published May, 2011
By Munther A. Khamashta and Manuel Ramos-Casals
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Autoimmune Diseases: Acute and Complex Situations provides a detailed overview of conditions associated with autoimmune diseases that are considered either life-threatening or requiring complex management.

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Published May, 2011
By Vijay K. Kuchroo, Nora Sarvetnick, David A. Hafler, Lindsay Nicholson and Lindsay B. Nicholson
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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Leading researchers synthesize scattered experimental data to help develop an intimate understanding of how cytokines and chemokines are involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.

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Published May, 2011
By Mohamed Al-Rubeai
Publisher: Springer
Series: Cell Engineering
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Engineered antibodies currently represent over 30% of biopharmaceuticals in clinical trials and their total worldwide sales continue to increase significantly. There is a strong focus on those issues related to the production of intrabodies, bispecific antibody and antibody fragments and also to novel applications in cancer immunotherapy.

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Published May, 2011
By Max J. Coppes, Hemant Sharma and Robert Wood
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Addresses the full spectrum of food allergies in children. Of interest to pediatricians, this title begins with the clinical presentation and epidemiology of food allergy, and then progresses to the diagnostic testing and pahthophysiology. It deals with specific types of food allergy, dairy, soy, egg, peanut, and tree nut.

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Published May, 2011
By Stanley A. Plotkin and Stanley Plotkin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Vaccinology, the concept of a science ranging from the study of immunology to the development and distribution of vaccines, was a word invented by Jonas Salk. Chapters include "Jenner and the Vaccination against Smallpox," "Viral Vaccines," and "Ethical and Social Aspects of vaccines."

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Published May, 2011
By Gerald Litwack
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Includes reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists, and molecular biologists.

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Published May, 2011
By Carmen Molina-Paris and Grant Lythe
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Whole new areas of immunological research are emerging from the analysis of experimental data, going beyond statistics and parameter estimation into what an applied mathematician would recognise as modelling of dynamical systems.

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Published May, 2011
By Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab Al-Sulaiman and Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This volume throws light on the Sick Building Syndrome in Libraries and other public buildings, and the extent to which it is influenced by the internal environment of libraries.

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Published April, 2011
By Glenn Dranoff
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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However, clinical efficacy of current vaccines is limited, possibly because tumors skew the immune system by means of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, inflammatory type 2 T cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs), all of which prevent the generation of effector cells.

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