Internet resources for transplantation appear to be concentrated on information for donors and recipients, HLA databases and immunosuppression. The following list of websites is by no means exhaustive. 'BMT for Multiple Myeloma' http:lloncolink.upann.edulclassroomlbmtmml An online lecture, with slides and audio from the OncoLink virtual classroom at The University of Pennsylvania, discussing the use of bone marrow transplantation for treating multiple myeloma. 'BMT-a book of basics for patients' http:llnysemet.orgtbciclbmtlbmt.bookttoc.html A comprehensive coverage of the diseases for which autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) may be appropriate. 'Transweb' http'J/www.trensweb.org/ Details links to transplantation resources for donors, recipients and health care professionals. 'The Groove' http://miranda.umds.ac.uk/tissue/legroove.html Provides links to information on peptide-MHC molecule interactions, MHC complexes being the fundamental components involved in graft rejection. 'NYU Intoduction to Immunology Course'
http:llwww.telemedicine.orghmcrs.htm
Detailed undergraduate lecture notes which include a good introduction to manipulating the immune response. Such manipulation is, for example, useful during tranplantation to prolong graft survival.
'University of Texas Organ Transplantation Center' http://surgery.uth.tmc.edu/organ_transplant/index.html This site has a good section on immunosuppresive agents used during transplantation and information on the new irnmunosuppressors currently being tested in clinical trials. Group' http:llwww.molbiol.ox.ac.uklwwwlpathologyltigl A good introduction to both the therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies in immunosupprassion and the mechanisms of tolerance required to discriminate self from nonself, an essential process during graft rejection.
'Therapeutic Immunology
Journals
Current Opinion in Genetics and Development http://biomednet.com/cbiology/gen Has issues covering 'Oncogenea and cell proliferation' and 'Genetics of disease'.