Greaves explains why the old paradigms of infectious diseases or genetic disorders have proved fruitless in analysing causes of cancer, and claims that by looking at cancer in its evolutionary context, we can begin to answer some of the big questions. Every day, 1500 Americans die of cancer, and yet for most of us this deadly disease remains mysterious. Why is it so common? Why are there so many different causes? Why does treatment so often fail? What, ultimately, is cancer? In this fascinating new book, a leading cancer researcher offers general readers clear and convincing answers to these...

Receptor specific antibodies are excellent probes for a wide range of biological investigations on receptor structure and function. The hybridoma technology (Kohler and Milstein, 1975) has inevitably had a major impact on this field with most of the better known receptors now identified with monoclonal antibodies. This volume of the Receptors and Recognition series provides reviews of recent developments in this field and emphasizes in particular the new opportunities afforded by the judicious application of monoclonal reagents. It is assumed that most readers will be familiar with the now...

Levy, 10 Po: General Summary of the Meeting 507 Subject Index 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 515 1 Also special Lecture for the Wilsede Joint Meeting on Pediatric Oncolo- gy II 2 Were also presented in the Wilsede Joint Meeting on Pediatric Oncology II 3 Presented in the Wilsede Joint Meeting on Pediatric Oncology II xv Participants of the Meeting Anders, Fritz, Genetisches Institut der Universitaet, Heinrich-ButT-Ring 58-62,6300 Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany Bauer, Georg, Institut fuer Virologie im Zentrum fUr Hygiene, Hermann- Herder-Strasse 11,7800 Freiburg, Federal...

This new se ries is concerned with intercellular communication and recognition. It is now widely appreciated that these processes playa crucial role in virtually all biological systems and functions. These encompass fertilisation, embryonic development, infectious interactions, the activity of the nervous system, the regulation of growth and develop ment by hormones and the immune response to foreign or 'non-self antigens. Historically as described in the first review in this volume, the general concept of cell-associated receptors as the molecular entity primarily responsible for the...