During the programme Professor Akbar and Dr Chambers discussed the impact of ageing on the immune system and why our defences decline as we get older, and why a better understanding of how our defences weaken as we get older is influencing next year's flu vaccines.
Links
- Listen to the programme on BBC Radio 4 'Inside Health' (from 9 mins 50 secs)
- Profile: Professor Arne Akbar
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- Cells interacting to cause immune response (Credit: Peter Lane and Fiona McConnell. CC BY. Cropped from original)
