<p>The purpose of this short treatise is not to repeat the generally well-known history of immunological disciplines, nor to describe in detail the multitude of leading scientists and discoverers who contributed to the achievements of immunology over the centuries. This has already been discussed many times and has generally entered the awareness of specialists—not only immunologists but also all those involved in related biomedical sciences, and even interested laypeople. The aim here is to recall something that is mentioned far less often and is gradually almost falling into oblivion: that Czechoslovak immunology, immediately from its very first steps—and also as one of the first in the world—began to develop an evolutionary-comparative approach to explaining the origin and development of immunological reactions.</p>

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A brief recollection of the “Prague School of Immunology” and a reflection on the evolutionary meaning of immunity in general

  • Petr Šíma,
  • Václav Větvička

摘要

The purpose of this short treatise is not to repeat the generally well-known history of immunological disciplines, nor to describe in detail the multitude of leading scientists and discoverers who contributed to the achievements of immunology over the centuries. This has already been discussed many times and has generally entered the awareness of specialists—not only immunologists but also all those involved in related biomedical sciences, and even interested laypeople. The aim here is to recall something that is mentioned far less often and is gradually almost falling into oblivion: that Czechoslovak immunology, immediately from its very first steps—and also as one of the first in the world—began to develop an evolutionary-comparative approach to explaining the origin and development of immunological reactions.