The Paradox of the Immune System

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The Paradox of the Immune System,

Edition 1 Protection, Chronic Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease, Cancer, and Pandemics

Editors: By Louis J. Catania

Publication Date: 03 Aug 2022

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The Paradox of the Immune System: Protection, Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease and Beyond provides a provocative approach to immunology as a "double-edged sword." While it is our greatest protector, it is also the cause of chronic inflammation that leads to autoimmune disease, cancer and infectious diseases like COVID-19. Sections cover the basic science of immunology and its intimate genetic associations, biomedical hypotheses asserting immunology as the basis of all human diseases, and elaborate on immunology as "the enemy within us." This engaging, original approach to a science so personal provides new and invaluable understanding on the bioscience that controls our lives.

Key Features

Written in an expository style that allows for maximum understanding of the complex science presented
Presents the unfolding of immunology from a natural (innate) system into an adaptive system leading to chronic inflammation and ultimate disease
Provides readers with a unique perspective on health, wellness and disease

About the author

By Louis J. Catania, Salus University, College of Health Sciences and University of North Florida, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Section 1: Our friendly immune system1. The innate (aka "natural") immune system and immunity2. The adaptive (aka "acquired") immune response3. Genetics and GenomicsSection 2: The enemy within us Introduction4. Chronic inflammation: Enemy #15. Autoimmune diseases: When "self" becomes Enemy #26. Cancer: Immunology’s cruelest enemy and greatest challenge7. Immunology: The science of Pandemics, infectious disease, COVID-19 and Beyond

ISBN: 9780323951876

Page Count: 284

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Researchers in Immunology, Autoimmunity, Virology and Cancer research. Health related students at all levels, general practitioners, administrator and interested general public who are seeking a general understanding of immunology and its benefits, but more so its related implications in autoimmune disease, cancers and COVID-19

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