In defense of self: how the immune system really works

What is an immune system?

Antibodies

How do antibodies work?

T cells: the second arm of adaptive immunity

The immune response to infectious disease: all out war!

When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: microbial immunopatholgoy

Vaccines: how they work, why sometimes they don't, and what we can do about it

When the walls come tumbling down: HIV/AIDS

When the walls come tumbling down: primary immune deficiencies

When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: hypersensitivity and allergy

The immune system and cancer

Autoimmunity

Organ transplantation

First defense: the immune system and bioterrorism.