What is our immune system at all?
It is one of the oldest and most important aspects of life on Earth, second only to the human brain in complexity. You would die quickly without it. We are constantly engaged in a staggeringly large conflict that is replete with tales of invasion, strategy, defeat, and selfless self-sacrifice. In fact, a cancer cell that began to grow in your body may have been identified and eradicated by your immune system while you are reading this.
As Annette Purseley explains why boosting your immune system is actually nonsense, how parasites sneak past your body's defenses, how viruses work, and what happens in your wounds when you cut yourself, each chapter delves into an aspect of the immune system, including defenses like antibodies and inflammation as well as threats like bacteria, allergies, and cancer.
Jazzed up by connecting full-variety illustrations and vivid depictions, Safe turns one of the most mind boggling, interconnected, and confounding subjects - immunology - into a holding experience through a surprising outsider scene. Immune is an essential and surprisingly entertaining primer on the body's arguably most important system.