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and NK cells 121–5, 130
and peptides 94, 164
receptors of 72–6, 78
Zinkernagel and Doherty’s work 69–70
Talmage, David 35
Teilhard de Chardin, Pièrre 17
Terasaki, Paul 58, 88, 90, 96, 197 n.60
The Wall (Pink Floyd) 150
Thomas, Lewis 137–9
thymus 38–40, 98, 118
Tonegawa, Susumu 38
Townsend, Alain 73–6, 92, 201 n.46
transplantation
bone-marrow 52, 60, 118, 122, 124, 176, 184, 195 n.33
and Burnet 29
on cattle twins 14
compatibility genes 52, 70, 135
ethics 193 n.14
and Gorer 17
hypothetical genes/infections example 160
and immunology 59–60
incompatibility 71
liver 58–9
and NK cells 122
organ xiii, 52
origins 5–8
and pregnancy 167
and proteins 117
stem cells for 138
subcommittee hearing 45–6
tolerance 21–2
why it often failed 42
trophoblast cells 168–9, 173–7
tubercles 136–7
tumours see cancer
Turin, Luca 135–6, 212 n.2/3
Turkey 46
umbilical cord blood 138
uterus 168–9, 172–6, 179, 181
vaccines 99
van Rood, Jon 53–4, 56, 58, 60, 68, 87, 140, 197 n.55
vas deferens 157, 180
Viagra 100
villi 168
Vioxx 106
viruses
and compatibility genes 116
dangerous 62, 69
hepatitis B 59
HIV xiv
and HLA 98
influenza 64
leukaemia-causing 39, 87
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV) 69–70
MHC restriction 71–2
and NK cells 120
proteins 72, 75–6
T cells 74, 96–7
Wald, George 152
Walker, Bruce 92–3
Wallace, Alfred Russel 35
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 36–7, 69
Waorani people 113
War Wounds Committee 7–8
Washkansky, Louis 43–4
Watson, James D. 10, 33–4, 38, 42, 63, 204 n.36
Weiss, Art 200 n.38
Wedekind, Claus 136–7, 140–48
Wiesel, Tortsen 151–5
Wiener, Alexander 194 n.29
Wiley, Don 62–6, 68, 75–7, 79–80, 94, 175
Wolf Prize 197 n.55
Wolpert, Lewis 191 n.31
Woods Hole, Cape Cod 64
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival 84
World Health Organization (WHO) 56–7
X-ray crystallography 66–8, 79
Y chromosome 112
Y-shaped maze experiments 139, 146, 149
YAC-1 tumour cells 120
Yamazaki, Kunio 139
Yokoyama, Lynn 126
Yokoyama, Wayne 126–7
Zinkernagel, Rolf 68–73, 75–6, 79, 99, 199 n.27/28, 202 n.58
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