Inside the body

The body vs. implants

27 June 2023
Video

Insulin pumps improve the lives of millions of people with diabetes worldwide, but there is a catch: they are temporary. And not only insulin pumps have this problem, but all body implants. Why is that? In the Ted Ed video below, Kaitlyn Sadtler explains how our immune system reacts to foreign bodies.

Your body vs. implants, 2019 Kaitlyn Sadtler TED-Ed production