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Lloyd J. Old, “Immunotherapy for Cancer,” Scientific American, 275(9):136–143 (September 1996), explores the use of the human immune system in combating cancer. Clinical aspects are covered by G.L. Asherson and A.D.B. Webster, Diagnosis and Treatment of Immunodeficiency Diseases (1980); Max Samter (ed.), Immunological Diseases, 4th ed., 2 vol. (1988); and P.J. Lachmann et al. (eds.), Clinical Aspects of Immunology, 5th ed., 3 vol. (1993).
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Torah Kachur
Torah Kachur is a world-travelling, sports-playing, self-proclaimed super-geek who doubles as a university professor (Sessional Professor at the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan University in Cell Biology and Genetics). She is the co-founder, writer and host for the website “Science in Seconds.” She also finds time to coach varsity basketball, write for PrioNet Canada, explore the world with her camera, and to make molecular replicas of DNA—all while perfecting the concept of “geek-chic.”
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Links added. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Nov 17, 2021 | ||
| New media added. | Jun 01, 2020 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Immune System and Chronic Diseases. | Nov 23, 2018 | ||
| Removed table. | Aug 03, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 16, 2018 | ||
| Added an image of rituximab, the first monoclonal antibody developed as a targeted therapy against cancer. | Feb 16, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Patient - The Immune System. | Nov 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Primary Immunodeficiency. | Nov 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Right Diagnosis - Immune Disorder. | Nov 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Disorders of the Immune System. | Nov 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Merck Manuals - Consumer Version - Overview of Immunodeficiency Disorder. | Nov 11, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Autoimmune Diseases: Types, Symptoms, Causes and More. | Nov 11, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Immune System: Diseases, Disorders and Function. | Nov 11, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Immune System and Chronic Diseases. | Nov 10, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Disorders of the Immune System. | Nov 10, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 13, 2016 | ||
| Added video that describes the general thinking behind the hygiene hypothesis. | Dec 02, 2015 | ||
| Added a video on immune deficiencies associated with limited environmental exposure. | May 17, 2012 | ||
| Added information on immune deficiencies associated with reduced exposure to normally harmless microorganisms in early childhood. | May 17, 2012 | ||
| Added images of a T cell infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). | Feb 16, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Immune Disease - Primary Immune Deficiency. | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. |
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Jan 12, 2007 | |
| Article revised. | May 11, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Feb 16, 2001 |
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