INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

In this programme, we are going to take a journey into another world - a world that is constantly at war.

The world that we are going to visit is our own body.

Our body is a battlefield in which millions of its inhabitants are slaughtered every day.

Within this internal world, so many of the worst human conditions and experiences that we see in our external world are also in evidence - greed, death, deceit, treachery, genocide and extermination of whole populations.

However, we also see evidence of the more noble side of the human condition, such as courage and self-sacrifice.

So, during our journey into this world, we will meet our valiant defenders, but more important, we will come to appreciate the sheer complexity and wonders of this most important of systems - the immune system.

NOTE

At this early stage it is important to point out that this is a very basic, very simple, and very introductory account of the immune system.

I hope that it will inspire you to learn more about the immune system, because the immune system is vitally important as it underpins every aspect of our health.