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The human body is the most sophisticated organism on earth. It is a scientific marvel and much about it remains a mystery. This BBC series uses cutting-edge graphics to effectively peel back the skin and...
Why are allergies on the rise in the western world? Are they really reaching epidemic proportions? In this documentary from the BBC Horizon Series, Professor Graham Rook investigates how recent changes to...
The gut mucosa hosts the body’s largest population of immune cells. Nature Immunology in collaboration with Arkitek Studios have produced an animation unravelling the complexities of mucosal immunology in...
Evidence based BBC education series, presented by Dr Alice Roberts. Discover how the immune system fights infection and illness, how the spine works, how to decrease back pain and what to do to keep yourself...
The film examines the physiological response of the body when under stress. Why do we have a ‘flight or fight’ response? The role of cortisol is discussed along with the release of autonomic hormones....
Shows how the many different immune-system cells and organs work together and with other body systems to fight not only bacteria and viruses, but even some malfunctions in the body itself, such as cancer.
Looks at the lives of children affected by severe combined immuno-deficiency (SCID), a genetic disease that prevents babies from fighting infections. Two years eariler, a revolutionary operation proved frot...
Examines a series of baffling scientific discoveries that forced scientists to conclude that there may be link between the mind and the body’s defence systems. They first found that there are established...
Profiles Dr Polly Matzinger and her idea of the ‘danger model’ in biology, which has led to a man’s cancer being injected with bacteria and a mouse living with a rat’s heart. Matzinger believes that...
Investigates the human immune system and the body’s defences against diseas using dramatised footage, 2-D animation and photomicroscopy. . Topics covered include: a review of the types of disease and the...
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