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Bitesize Immunology

by Rayan Najjar

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Latest episodes

  • What is inflammation?

    May 10, 2025 · 17 min

    We live in peak popularity of the term inflammation, so what exactly is it? - Inflammation is good for you - Did you know fever is not caused by pathogens, rather it is your immune system making you feel miserable, why does it do that?…

  • What are T cells?

    December 1, 2024 · 14 min

    T cells and their types: bounty hunter, personal trainer, plumber with anxiety, lobbyist, oracle, and the patron saint of antigens For illustrations of T cells as I imagine them on this podcast, follow me on bluesky bsk…

  • What are neutrophils?

    July 4, 2024 · 12 min

    Neutrophils are the first responders of the immune system. I describe what they are and their name origin. Then I discuss neutrophil features in 5 parts including how they sometimes explode kamikaze style! - Part I: First responders…

  • How does the immune system have existing blueprints targeting viruses it has never seen before?

    May 19, 2024 · 12 min

    Lymphocytes have surface receptors that recognize antigens. These receptors have existing templates that are complementary to the 3D structures of antigens from viruses and other pathogens, even before you encounter these pathogens. How is…

  • What are antibodies? And what are their functions?

    April 27, 2024 · 11 min

    What would it feel like if you were attacked by antibodies? Antibodies are custom made weapons produced by the immune system to target pathogens. In this episode, I make an analogy of how antibodies attack, and tell stories of a fox…

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  • Dendritic cells: How does the immune system know when there is an infection?

    April 7, 2024 · 11 min

    The immune system needs to find out if there's a microbe such as a virus that's replicating and causing an infection, plus the immune system wants to collect information about the virus in order to target it with custom-made weapons. I…

  • Introduction

    April 7, 2024 · 2 min

    I am a physician scientist in rheumatology, which is a field of medicine that specializes in autoimmune diseases. Immunology has a reputation of being complex and hard to understand.  I hope this podcast will help people in biology and…

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About the show

Immunology has a reputation of being hard to understand. I use stories and analogies to illustrate how the immune system works.