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(via Kurzgesagt) The human immune system is the most complex biological system we know, after the human brain, and yet, most of us never learn how it works. Or what it is. Your immune System consists ...

Dettmer, founder of science education YouTube channel Kurzgesagt, debuts with an immersive primer on immunology. “The immune system is the most complex biological system known to humanity, other than ...

(via Kurzgesagt) There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That surviving a disease leaves you better off. And it seems to make sense because we have all ...

If ever there was a moment to brush up on your knowledge of the immune system, this is that moment. (OK, March-April 2020 may have been preferable, but you can still catch up.) And Immune: A Journey ...

There’s a joke about immunology that appeared in an article I read a few years ago. The author of the article, Ed Yong, credited it to Jessica Metcalf, a professor and researcher at Princeton. To ...

Science communication isn’t always easy, especially if you are trying to get across the mind-boggling complexity of immunology or climate change in a 10 minute video. But Philipp Dettmer, the founder ...

Every second of your life you are under attack. Bacteria, viruses, spores and more living stuff wants to enter your body and use its resources for itself. The immune system is a powerful army of cells ...

Of course, the immune system’s job is to protect your body from all invaders that may be harmful, not just certain viruses: When functioning properly, it alerts your body to a wide range of potential ...