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Boon, Thiery. "Teaching the Immune System to Fight Cancer." Scientific American, March 1993, p. 32. The search for ways to induce the immune system to find antigens that it normally ignores on cancer cells and fight the disease.

Buisseret, Paul D. "Allergy." Scientific American, August 1982, p. 86. A process of immunity gone wrong.

Edelson, Richard L., and Joseph M. Fink. "The Immunologic Function of Skin." Scientific American, June 1985, p. 46. The body’s largest organ is more than a passive protective covering; it is also an active element of the immune system. Specialized cells in the skin have interacting roles in the response to foreign invaders.

Goodfield, June. An Imagined World: A Story of Scientific Discovery. Harper & Row, New York, 1981. The author spent several months in the laboratory of an immunologist and tells the story of her research program.

Johnson, Howard M., Fuller W. Bazer, Brian E. Szente, and Michael A. Jarpe. "How Interferons Fight Disease." Scientific American, May 1994, p. 40. The role of these proteins in fighting viral infections and cancer.

Nowak, Martin A., and Andrew J. McMichael. "How HIV Defeats the Immune System." Scientific American, August 1995, p. 42. The process is a competition between the virus and the body’s defenses.

Roitt, Ivan. Essential Immunology, 7th ed. Blackwell Scientific Publications, London, 1991.

Sapolsky, Robert M. "Stress in the Wild." Scientific American, January 1990, p. 116. Studies of free-ranging baboons help explain why humans can differ in their vulnerability to stress-related diseases.

Smith, Kendall A. "Interleukin-2." Scientific American, March 1990, p. 50. The first hormone of the immune system to be recognized, interleukin-2 helps the body mount a defense against microorganisms by triggering the multiplication of only those cells that attack an invader.

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