Immunology in the Twentieth Century
From Basic Science to Clinical Application
- 1st Edition - April 24, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Domenico Ribatti
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 1 4 5 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 1 4 6 - 3
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Request a sales quoteImmunology in the Twentieth Century: From Basic Science to Clinical Application grew out of common knowledge that those who survived many of the common infectious diseases rarely contracted the same disease again. This book charts the historical development of this vital branch of medicine in a concise volume, covering both the basic science involved and the clinical applications. Immunology as a distinctive subject developed in the mid-twentieth century as researchers started to understand how the adaptive immune system aids the defense against pathogens. The subject has grown in importance and diversified into specialist fields, such as immunohistochemistry, immunogenetics and immunopathology.
- Provides a concise overhead of the history of immunology and its applications in medicine
- Includes a discussion of the scientists who were pioneers in landmark discoveries in immunology
- Summarizes the clinical applications of major discoveries
Scientific and Medical researchers in immunology, medicine, neuroscience, biomedical sciences, anatomy and histology; historians of medicine, philosophers of science and medicine, medical anthropologists, graduate and postgraduate researchers in humanities and social scientific fields relating to the history and philosophy of science; policymakers and managers with interests in understanding immunology
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 24, 2018
- No. of pages (Paperback): 90
- No. of pages (eBook): 90
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128161456
- eBook ISBN: 9780128161463
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Domenico Ribatti
Domenico Ribatti was awarded his M.D. degree in October 1981, with full marks. In 1983, D.R. joined the Medical School as Assistant at the Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bari. In 1984, he took the specialization in Allergology. In 1989, he spent one year in Geneva, working at the Department of Morphology (Prof. R. Montesano). In 2008, he received the honoris causa degree in Medicine and Pharmacy form the University of Timisoara (Romania). D.R. is author of 866 publications as reported in PUBmed and contributed to 50 chapters to books. Overall, his papers have been cited 51153 times.
He has published many books with both Elsevier and Springe
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Full Professor of Human Anatomy, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, ItalyRead Immunology in the Twentieth Century on ScienceDirect