Stories by Max D. Cooper

How the Immune System Develops

Environmental and genetic signals cue cells as they differentiate into the many lineages that recognize foreign antigens and fight off invaders

September 1, 1993 — Irving L. Weissman and Max D. Cooper

Health

The Development of the Immune System

The highly diversified cells that defend the body against foreign substances derive from a single kind of precursor. Differentiation of the cells is controlled by the environment in which they mature...

November 1, 1974 — Max D. Cooper and Alexander R. Lawton III