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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      29 September 2009
      28 August 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511525346
      9780521584791
      9780521036559
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511525346
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 210 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.329kg, 212 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology
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    How do our bodies fight disease? Written in clear accessible style this book gives an account of the inner workings of our immune systems. Aimed at the general reader it looks at fascinating areas of science including fever, AIDS and cancer. Central to the book, from which the title derives, is the idea that in the war against disease our bodies sacrifice millions of cells - antibodies and other specialized elements of the immune system. Only by pitting all manner of complex immune cells against such infectious agents can we continue to survive in the world. Of interest to anyone who has wondered what is really happening when we get ill and recover.

    Reviews

    ‘Dying to Live is a testimony to Kendall’s clarity and pragmatism.’

    Source: The Lancet

    ‘… an excellent booklet which we recommend highly …’

    Source: Cellular and Molecular Biology

    ‘… a very readable popular science book.’

    Source: British Society for Developmental Biology

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