Product Description: This book is among the first to combine technical and clinical aspects of the subject. It aims to provide a unique combination of the production (by both cellular and molecular biology techniques), structure and functional characteristics of monoclonal antibodies, together with detailed discussions of the various analytic, diagnostic and therapeutic applications of these antibodies...read more

Product Description: Thymus Update 4 details the sensitivity of the thymus to xenobiotics and their effects on thymocyte development and maturation. It highlights the importance of immunological testing of all envoronmental toxins, such as dioxin, tin compounds and caramel additives, and drugs, such as immunosuppressives, antiviral agents and antihypertensive agents...read more

Product Description: This volume contains review articles on pre-thymocytes as well as an examination of thymocyte differentiation and maturation within the gland. It also contains a review of cytokines.