Making the Team: A Guide for Managers

Thompson, Leigh L.

ISBN 10: 0121317706 / ISBN 13: 9780121317706

Published by Prentice Hall, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making the Team: A Guide for Managers
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0121317706
• ISBN 13: 9780121317706
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Those entering the field of transplantation are frequently unaware of the topics historical roots and even of the background on which modern discoveries in tolerance, histocompabatibility antigens, and xenotransplantation are based. A History of Transplantation Immunology is an account, written by one of the founding fathers of the field, of how tissue and organ transplantation has become one of the most successful branches of late 20th century medicine. The book helps place the work of contemporary scientists into its proper context and makes fascinating reading for immunologists in all stages of their career.

• Describes landmarks in immunology and places them in historical context
• Beautifully written by one of the founding fathers of the field
• Portrays the surprising history of events in a colorful and readable manner
• Contains biographical sketches of some of the pioneers
• Illustrates the development of key ideas in immunology--tolerance, graft rejection, and transplantation
• Foreword by Ray Owen

About the Author

Leslie Brent was awarded the 1994 Peter Medawar Prize by the Transplantation Society at its 15th World Congress. Dr. Brent was also part of Sir Peter Medawars group that was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1960 for research on immunological tolerance. He has spent his professional life studying all aspects of transplantation immunology including tolerance, graft-versus-host disease and mechanisms, rejection,and fetal immunology.