The immune system. Fantastic when it works terrible when it doesn't.

In this episode of the Health Report, we canvas the new frontiers of knowledge of the immune system from infancy through to adulthood and problems like allergy and cancer.

And we begin with a primer on the immune system what is it and how does it work?

This panel discussion was recorded at the World Science Festival Brisbane 2019.

Presenter:

Dr Norman Swan

Guests:

Professor Nigel McMillanCancer biologist, Menzies Health Institute Queensland

Professor Katie Allen

Paediatric allergist; gastroenterologist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Professor Mark SmythSenior scientist, immunology coordinator, QIMR Berghofer Research Institute

Producer:

James Bullen

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New frontiers in allergy, cancer and the immune system - ABC News