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What is Immunity Anyway?

Professor Robin May · Gresham College

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About

We often think of immunity as being a human, or at least mammalian, phenomenon. But in fact almost all living organisms have some form of immune system. In this lecture, we lift the lid on the astonishingly diverse immune mechanisms used by bacteria, amoebae, nematodes and many other microbial forms of life in their constant battle against viruses and each other.

Lectures

  1. Do Microbes Have Immune Systems? 2024-10-02 · Audio
  2. How Does Our Immune System Protect Us? 2024-11-27 · Audio
  3. Green Immunity – How Do Plants Fight Infection? 2025-01-29 · Audio
  4. How Do Vaccines Work? 2025-03-26 · Audio
  5. Do Computers Get Sick? How Humans and Computers Fight Viruses 2025-05-07 · Audio
  6. The Future of Immunity 2025-06-11 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Robin May
Year
2024
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Computer science
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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