Immunology Book Recommended

Persons looking for a good introduction to immunology,
written for medical students, should consider Immunology,
Second Edition, by Janis Kuby, which appeared in medical and
technical bookstores last week. We recommend this book for
three reasons:

* It is well respected in mainstream medicine, with the
earlier edition being widely used in medical schools.

* The second edition is new, which is important because the
field changes rapidly.

* This book is well written and considerably easier to
understand than other immunology books we have seen. (The
reader will need to have some medical background, however.)

The AIDS chapter, which is 36 pages, is not especially
detailed, and does not cover treatments, except for vaccine
development. AIDS treatment changes so fast that textbooks
are not a current source of information. The chapter looks at
AIDS from the viewpoint of immunology; much of the material
in other chapters is also relevant to AIDS. The book's
central purpose is to provide a background in immunology --
which will help readers understand technical discussions of
AIDS in journal articles, at conferences, etc.

Immunology, Second Edition, has 660 pages. It is published by
W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. The price is $49.95.