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An
Overview of the Immune System (1997-98) 
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A relatively high-level account of some of the workings of the Immune system.
The site's motivation is about using immune system mechanisms as models
for computer security systems. A good introduction to the immune system
with good graphics.
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MbChB: Infection
and Immunity (1996-2000)
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University of Leicester's Department of Microbiology & Immunology.
Very good introduction to the workings of the immune system with ten professional
articles intended as educational resources.
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The Immune System
(1997-2000)
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Another great contribution by Thomas J. Copeland Jr.. Overall the whole
site is worth 5 stars since it contains ever such a lot of great information
- I'll make more reference to it later - the 4 stars are just for the immune
system component of the site. Tom's introduces the immune syststem from
the perspective of a person with MS and picks out topics of special interest
to MS.
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Understanding
the Immune System (1997)
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A collaboration of the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, this is a great site written by professionals.
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Understanding
Autoimmune Diseases Brochure (1999)
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An overview of the immune system by the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease (NIAID).
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Lymph
and Immunity (1999-2000)
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Don't be put off by the fact that this site look bland. Scroll
down a couple of pages for some terrific graphics (including coloured electron
microscope images). Part of the biology pages of the Maricopa Community
College which has a good overview of the immune system and more links to
other immune system sites. Worth 4 stars just for the piccies.
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Immunology and
Immune Defense against Microbial Pathogens (1999)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology overview of
the immune system. Another resource intended for students.
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How Your Immune
System Works (1999-2000)
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I like most of Marshall Brain's "How Stuff Works" series but, though what
he says here is technically correct, he doesn't communicate the mechanisms
terribly well. He also has links to commercial websites selling health
products which, though not necessarily bad in itself, gives me an uneasy
feeling. In fairness, he also links to educational and respected resources.
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Antibodies(1999)
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Some nice colour diagrams of various immune components with very brief
but technical descriptions of their structure. This is from Biotech's educational
website. Yes they are a commercial company, but they are not selling anything
to consumers here.
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Kimball's
Biology Pages (1999-2000)
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All part of Professor John W. Kimball's Biology Pages which has a nice
glossary which explains a number of immune system components including
B Cells and T Cells, Cell-Mediated Immunity and Histocompatibility Molecules.
He is a retired lecturer in Immunology at Tufts University.
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HLA-DQ molecules(1999)
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A super site about the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system
with stunning graphics, references and a bibliography. This is part of
the website of the Robert H. Williams Laboratory for Diabetes Research,
University of Washington.
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Immune
System (1999)
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A moderate overview of the immune system. Part of Clermont
College's (University of Cincinnati) biology homepage.
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Immune
Systems (1999)
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Part of a high school teacher resource site. More a link
page to other sites on the immune system with a couple of pretty graphics.
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Introduction,
Rheumatologic and immunologic Disorders (1999-2000)
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A brief outline of the immune system, a reading list and
links page from the Nursing pages of the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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MEDLINEplus:
Immune System and Disorders (2000)
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MEDLINEplus:
Autoimmune Diseases (General) (2000)
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U.S. National Library of Medicine (part of NIH). From here you can attack
this subject any number of ways.
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Immunologic Diseases
(2000)
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A enormous list of quality immunological links from Sweden's Karolinska
Institutet. They are scantily commented and categorised otherwise this
page would get 5 stars.
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WoMS - Key Players
in the Immunology of MS (1997)
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Zazzy graphical tour of the immune system from "The World
of Multiple sclerosis". A fun way to get an overview of what is going on
in the immune system.
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Autoimmunity AARDA American Autoimmune
Related Diseases Association
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The homepage of American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA).
Not a lot of specific details about MS but useful to put it into the context
of other autoimmune diseases.
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Autoimmune Index
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Some pages about Autoimmune diseases by a person with Hepatitis C. The
site is under contruction and some of the links don't work.
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MS
- autoimmune disease of the CNS
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Article about nitric oxide an MS.
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STEP: The Immune System
- An Overview
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Immune System
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Leukocyte
Pathophysiology
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Blood cells
and the CBC
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Lymphoid
System Lab
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Antibody
repertoires and pathogen recognition: The role of germline diversity
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McGill
University: Basic Immunology
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Mechanisms
of HLA association in disease
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Human Leukocyte
Antigen (HLA)•ªŽq‚Æ‚ÍH (1999)
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I wish this site were in English because it's got fantastic graphics of
HLA in action. But it's not, it's in Japanese so unless your up to speed
in that language then you're snookered like me. I couldn't even give it
a rating.
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Immunology Index
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Glossary
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Immune
System Glossary
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Glossary-Immune-NS
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Leukocyte Biology,
Society for
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Immunology and
Immune Defense against Microbial Pathogens
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Immunobiology,
1999
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HON
Allergy Glossary Allergy
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Blood cells
and the CBC
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1.3.4
Macrophages and monocytes
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Cells
participating in inflammation
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Inflamation
and Fever
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Blood:
Outline
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Lymphocyte
Recirculation and Homing in Immunity
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Institute for Inflammation
Research
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Immunosuppression
Transplantation #1
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Immunosuppression
Transplantation #2
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I can't seem to connect to these two links. As I remember them, they were
quite interesting. They may be dead.
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