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.

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Immunology and biological identity
Immunology, Self and Nonself --
The Self-Nonself Theory --
Critique of the Self-Nonself Theory --
The Continuity Theory --
Comparing the Continuity Theory to Other Immunological Theories --
What Is an Organism? Immunity and the Individuality of the Organism.
1. Verfasser:
Pradeu, Thomas
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 302 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-086957-7
1-280-49963-X
9786613594860
0-19-977749-7
Schlagworte:
Immune system.
Immunology > Philosophy.
Self (Philosophy)
Immune System > NLM-D007107
Philosophy > NLM-D010684
Immune System Phenomena > NLM-D055633
Ego > NLM-D004532
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