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Apr 25, 2024 36 min

How the immune system works with Peter Doherty

from Infection and Immunity Hosted by Doherty Institute

Does your immune system remember viruses you've previously been infected with? Do your genetics play a role in your immune system? Can you boost immunity with certain foods or vitamins? Ahead of the International Day of Immunology (April 29) we chat with Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty to answer these questions and more, unravelling the complexities and exploring the wonders of our body's line of defence against disease; our immune system. Show notes: An Insider's Plague Year written by Peter Doherty The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 was awarded jointly to Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence" Get in touch Have a question or topic you'd like us to explore in a future episode? Contact us via email [email protected]

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