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Oxford University Press Immune System A Very Short Introduction by Paul Klenerman
Gives a succinct account of the evolution of innate and adaptive immunity, and how they operate, primarily in humans but also drawing on examples in other animalsConsiders the consequences of too little immunity (immunodeficiency), caused for example by HIV/AIDS, and too much, leading to autoimmune and allergic diseasesDiscusses some of the important recent advances in harnessing the immune system for immunotherapies, for example in the treatment of cancersPart of the Very Short Introductions series - over eight million copies sold worldwide