Do You Know About the Superheroes Inside You?
Super fun and super informative! A review of the book, “Superheroes Inside Me” and a conversation with the author.
Have you ever wondered how your immune system fights to keep you healthy? And did you know that eating well will help it do that?
Now imagine trying to tell your 8-year old that they have cells inside them called macrophages, neutrophils, B cells, NK Killer cells, helper T cells, dendritic cells and a few others.
And then imagine telling your child that these cells are what help them to keep from getting sick. Or if you are sick, that they help you to get better? And then going into the specific details about how they do that?
Can you imagine that?! I wouldn’t even know how to start!
But Carolyn Akinyemi did!
She takes a complicated, difficult subject, our immune system, and makes it accessible and easy to understand for people of all ages.
Aha! a perfect subject for Biology4everyone!
This article looks at Akinyemi’s book, “Superheroes Inside Me” and talks with her about how it came to be.
