Basics in practical applications and standardization of techniques of cellular immunology

Cellular immunology is rapidly becoming an important and clinically relevant area for the practitioner of clinical laboratory immunology. At present, most of the laboratory test procedures in this area depend on observations of biologic phenomena; however, the rapid developments in this area show promise that within the next decade we will be dealing with identification and quantitation of well defined chemical entities that form the basis of cellular immune interactions. These promising developments will hopefully resolve many of the quality control problems that plague us in the laboratory.