New Authorship
Judy Owen (Haverford), Jenni Punt (Haverford), and Sharon Stranford (Mt. Holyoke), with special contributor Patricia Jones (Stanford), bring an enormous range of teaching and research experiences to the text, as well as a dedication to continue the experiment-based, pedagogical-driven approach of Janis Kuby.
New Chapter Sequence
The order of chapters now reflects the sequence of events during an immune response in vivo. Instructors can lead students through the steps of an immune response in a logical sequence, once they have learned the basics of cells, tissues and genetics of immunity.
New and Significantly Revised Chapters
A new capstone chapter utilizes new cell-imaging techniques to examine the immune response in time and space.Revised clinical chapters reflect new author Sharon Stranford's expertise in autoimmunity as well as the clinical experiences of Jenni Punt, who holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine.The concluding methods chapter and the glossaries of CD antigens, chemokines, cyotkines and their receptors are substantially updated.New Content
Rigorously updated throughout, this edition incorporates important recent advances in innate immunity, T-cell subsets, and complement.
Classic Experiment Boxes
A feature in each chapter provides accessible information on important experiments that changed the way immunologists think about the field.