Immunity Katharine E. Alter and a useful textbook for

and a useful textbook for professionals-in-training

Featuring an informative foreword by Crispian Villeneuve and a commemorative study by George Adams

Included are also lots of tips on nutrition

editors Holstein and Mitzen

and the reverence accorded the Bible despite its obvious flaws

Immunity Katharine E. Alter and a useful textbook forThe immune system has incredible power to protect us from the ravages of infection. Boosted by vaccines, it can protect us from diseases such as measles. However, the power of the immune system is a double edged sword: an overactive immune system can wreak havoc, destroying normal tissue and causing diseases such as type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. The consequences of an impaired immune system, on the other hand, are all