Customer Reviews
ideal for the basics - By: mohammed, 16 Apr 2008 
This book is ideal for medical students who just need the basics about immunology. Its possible to read the entire book from cover to cover & understand most (if not alll) of what is written. There are no flashy diagrams or colour pictures, however the text is almost perfect. You will understand how the body fights infection once you have read it.
Great for Univ of Manchester students - By: I.J, 06 Feb 2008 
This book is alll u need for immunology exam, even without attending his lectures! It's a well written textbook aim for undergraduate taking his course module. I personallly think he used a very basic language to explain things, so it's easy for us to get a good understanding of wot's going on. All the exams questions were based on this textbook. So it is a great helper though it's pretty expensive for such a smalll textbook. Try to get it from the library before u decided to own one.
Well structured but sloppy - By: Phytio, 03 Jan 2007 This book was the recommended text for my Immunology module (a second year course to give an idea of its level). It pretty much mirrors my course, as far as I can tell, so if you're at Manchester University you will probably want to buy this book.
Each chapter is clearly structured & as a rule topics are well laid out. The diagrams & boxes contain useful additions to the text which helped me understand some of the more complicated sections. Sometimes the author appears to talk around a point however, evidence more thorough editing was perhaps necessary to make the book more concise.
Furthermore, I have serious issues with the grammar used. It frequently talks of 'antibody' & 'antigen' in a plural sense with singular grammar. Maybe Dr Wood is actuallly correct, I would not claim to be an authority; however it reads badly to me & made reading difficult in some sections - having to decipher the concepts could be difficult enough without having to decipher the text first.
I do not feel that I should condemn the book for the grammar alone, if you are taking an Immunology course you will probably need a text book, & I dare say this is as good as any out there. It might be an idea to try to pick up a copy on Amazon Market place or eBay though, the book is pretty expensive ",
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