Human Cytokines: Their Role in Disease and Therapy

Ed Bharat B Aggarwal, Raj K Puri Blackwell Science, £95, pp 736 ISBN 0 86542 352 0 Cytokines divide the medical profession into camps: the non-believers, the enthusiastic believers, and the “I would love to believe if only I could understand.” The first do not require a textbook, merely conversion. The second do not require a textbook but access to original papers. The third group wish to be lead gently through this enormous field with sympathy and understanding. Can one book hope to cover a …