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How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A Kurzgesagt animation giving a big-picture tour of the human immune system, its organs, transport network, and the cells it produces every day. It accompanies their IMMUNE book.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters suggest it as a simple, well-made introduction to how immune responses work when discussing infection, T cells or chronic illness.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “There is a video series that does a nice job of breaking down how your immune response works”

    Series that breaks down how the immune response works.

    RealFloridaMan, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Immunity from Covid-19 Infection May Be as Strong as from Vaccination”

  2. “You might find this Kurzgesagt introduction to immune system behavior interesting.”

    Kurzgesagt introduction to immune system behavior.

    chasil, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “T Cells Can Activate Themselves to Fight Tumors”

  3. “I like the series that Kurzgesagt made on the immune system as a way to explain this complexity a little more simply.”

    Explains the immune system's complexity simply.

    pixl97, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “Chronic fatigue syndrome may have a post-viral infection origin”

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Topics: immune system, biology, kurzgesagt, t cells, animation

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