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Philipp Dettmer, CEO and Founder of Kurzgesagt

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Kurzgesagt CEO Philipp Dettmer: ‘Everything can be made into a story’

The human immune system is one of the most complex biological systems we know of, and yet most of us never learn how it works or what it is, says Philipp Dettmer, founder of YouTube channel Kurzgesagt. In his new book, Immune, he hopes to change all that

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Why Alzheimer’s is not a single disease – and why that matters

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Exercising more often doesn’t increase your risk of knee arthritis

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Brain implant

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Brain implants boost ability to think flexibly and shake anxiety

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Vaccine skin patch

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Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

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HIV-infected T-cell

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Two people suppressed HIV for years while pausing medication

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Australia has had zero measles in 2021 due to covid-19 border closure

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Bacillus subtilis

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Genetically engineered bacteria could heal us from inside our cells

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Are vegan meat alternatives putting our health on the line?

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Light micrograph cross section of a normal human testicle or testes. The tunica albuginea is the dense, white inelastic tissue immediately covering the testis. The septa extends from the tunica albuginea into the testicle, dividing the testes into lobules.

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Male fertility could be restored by reimplanting frozen testes tissue

Preserving stem cells that go on to produce sperm and reimplanting them later can restore fertility for people who have undergone cancer treatments such as chemotherapy

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How much less likely are you to spread covid-19 if you’re vaccinated?

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Children born without key immune cells saved with engineered organ

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Gun violence rose 30 per cent in the US during the covid-19 pandemic

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Sperm quality has been declining for 16 years among men in the US

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