(ATN) September SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Special Issue on the Immune System

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(ATN) September SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Special Issue on the Immune System

AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Issue #183, September 17, 1993
John S. James


A special issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, "Life, Death, and the Immune System," now on the newsstands, provides an excellent tutorial and background on how the immune system works. It is especially helpful for giving the background information needed to understand technical discussions of AIDS -- including the technical terms, such as "T cells," "B cells," "stem cells," "MHC molecules," "cytokines," etc. Besides several general chapters on the immune system and its development, there are chapters on AIDS, autoimmune diseases, and allergies. The AIDS chapter has little treatment information, but much background on theories of what happens in the body during HIV infection.

The reading level is more advanced than that of AIDS Treatment News, and readers will need some familiarity with the material to understand the articles without assistance. For those without such background, the issue could be a useful "textbook" for a short course on AIDS and the immune system, led by an instructor. Organizations could provide a service by setting up such a course for their clients.


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