Dr. Wayne Tuckson talks with Barbara Nikolajczyk, Ph.D., a professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences at UK College of Medicine and associate director for Translational Research in Diabetes at the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, about the additional roles the immune system plays in the human body.

Kentucky Health: The Immune System: Not Just Fighting Infections airs Sunday, Nov. 15, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET.

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

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