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Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology: From Metaphor to Theory (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology From Metaphor to Theory - Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
Author: Alfred I. Tauber, Leon Chernyak
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 so...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195064476
ISBN-10: 019506447X
Publication Date: 7/25/1991
Pages: 280
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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