Inflammation Nation

S1 Ep6: Arthritis, autoimmune research and learnings from Covid-19

Inflammation Nation

Show Notes

Prof Luke O'Neill is a world-renowned immunologist, science communicator par excellence, author and professor of biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin. In this episode he talks to Gráinne O'Leary about his own beginnings in immunology, what we've learned from the pandemic and some of the exciting developments taking place in arthritis and autoimmune disease research.

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Inflammation Nation is supported by Pfizer.

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