The tao of immunology : a revolutionary new understanding of our body's defenses / Marc Lappé.

New York : Plenum Press, [1997], ©1997.

xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and index

A system out of balance -- Basic immunology -- Checks and balances -- The heart of darkness: why did the immune system evolve? -- Emergence of an autonomous immune system -- Autoimmunity: the curse of immunological intolerance -- Immunity under stress -- Mind, brain, and body -- Chemicals that poison immunity -- Cancer and the immune system -- Motherhood and immunity -- Ultraviolet light and skin immunity -- HIV: the scourage of immunity -- Unanticipatd features -- Building on natural immunity: the vaccine story -- The Tao of the immune system.