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We know a robust immune system is desirable, but beyond that what does the layman know about this complex human system? Immunology is the medical specialty focused on what aids and what hinders immune interactions and responses. Imagine the possibility of adjusting one’s bodily responses to negate autoimmune afflictions or cancers, or to protect against communicable diseases. The promise is vast, vital and exciting!
Instructor: MIKE MAGEE, MD, is a medical historian and journalist, and the author of Code Blue: Inside the Medical Industrial Complex (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019). He has taught at the Presidents’ College and the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Jefferson Medical College. He was also an Honorary Master Scholar at the N.Y.U. School of Medicine and the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus award recipient from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He lives in West Hartford, CT, and is the editor of the weekly blog Health Commentary.org.