Immunology (Fundamentals of Biomedical Science) - Softcover

Yates, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199534969 ISBN 13: 9780199534968

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Designed to reflect the challenges of practicing biomedical science today, The Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series combines essential basic science with insights into laboratory practice, demonstrating how an understanding of the biology of disease is coupled with the analytical approaches that lead to diagnosis. Assuming only a minimum of prior knowledge, the series reviews the full range of disciplines to which a biomedical scientist may be exposed, from microbiology to cytopathology to transfusion science.

A new volume in this exciting series, Immunology offers biomedical science students insights into the function of the immune system, the frontline of defense against pathological disease, and the diagnostic techniques used to identify associated malfunctions and disorders. By examining the key immunological principles and scientific basis of laboratory techniques--with a focus on the biomedical scientist's role in the diagnostic laboratory--the authors provide students with everyth

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Angela Hall is currently Lead Biomedical Scientist in Immunology for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, where she runs and teaches the Specialist Diploma in Immunology course, and a member of the Specialist Advisory Panel for Immunology at the Institute of Biomedical Science. Having trained as a Biomedical Scientist in the Immunology Department at the Churchill Hospital Oxford, she made rapid progression to BMS grade 3 gained chartered scientist status in 2008. Dr Christine Yates is Senior Chief Biomedical Scientist in Immunology and Haematology at the Hull Royal Infirmary, a member of the IBMS Specialist Advisory Panel for Immunology, IBMS Chief Examiner for Immunology (2006 to 2009) and has been CPA Assessor for Immunlogy since 2003.

Review:

"I really like the multi-disciplinary approach to the material. Using case studies really helps to integrate knowledge in an applied context. Students not only get to understand what is happening, but they begin to see why this is important, how this can affect the patient, and what it could
mean to them in the diagnostic laboratory."

--Glenn Hussey

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199534969
• ISBN 13: 9780199534968
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273
• Editor: Hall Angela