Publisher's Synopsis
Immunology is arguably the fastest-growing of the biological sciences, with important applications in medicine, biology, and industry. The principles that underlie modern immunology are relatively simple, but their comprehension requires quick mental leaps from the understanding of the molecular level to the cellular level, and onto the dynamics of change in hetergenous but interacting cell populations. Communicating such a 'multi-levelled' subject to students through the medium of flat, static images can be difficult. This is why Immunology in Focus uses videotape to make this challenging body of knowledge easily understood and remembered. It takes full advantage of the video medium by skillfully integrating time-lapse and real-time microscopy with advanced computer graphics. Using video, it is a simple matter to: identify a single cell and then focus down still further to show the key receptors embedded in its membrane - or pan back to show the cell as part of a population. ensure that viewers never become confused as to which level is under consideration deal dynamically with large populations of cells at low magnification in a way that is impossible using slides.;Tapes 4-6 are completely new additons to the series, while Tapes 1-3 are revised and updated from the original, highly successful, versions.;This book is intended for instructors of all kinds of immunology courses and their students.
