Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Practical Immunology is a basic text aimed at immunology students and researchers at all levels who need a comprehensive overview of the methodology of immunology.

The rapid and startling innovations in immunology over the past two decades have their root in sound experimental practice and it has always been the aim of this book to educate researchers in the design and performance of complex techniques. It will appeal to students of immunlogy, graduate students embarking on bench science, or specialised immunologists who need to use an immunological technique outside their sphere of expertise.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword to the first edition (p. vi)
• Acknowledgements (p. vii)
• 1 Isolation and structure of immunoglobulins (p. 1)
• 2 Monoclonal antibodies: production, purification and enzymatic fragmentation (p. 40)
• 3 Antibody interactions with antigens (p. 71)
• 4 Antibodies as probes (p. 115)
• 5 Immunoassay (p. 163)
• 6 Isolation of cells (p. 179)
• 7 Phagocytosis, complement and antibody-dependent cytotoxicity (p. 203)
• 8 Lymphocyte structure (p. 228)
• 9 Lymphocyte function (p. 261)
• 10 The cytokines (p. 301)
• 11 Immunological manipulations in vivo (p. 326)
• Appendix A Buffers and media (p. 346)
• Appendix B Basic techniques and useful data (p. 353)
• Appendix C Equipment and manufacturers index (p. 377)
• Index (p. 389)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Frank C. Hay is Emeritus Professor of Immunology, St George's University of London.

Olwyn M.R. Westwood is a Professor of Medical Education at Brunel University of London. She is a reviewer for a number of medical and healthcare education journals and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.