Synopsis
Michael Mosley reveals how the body defends itself, and the innovations behind a hand transplant operation.
- Programme: Inside the Human Body
- Episode: 04: Hostile World
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Biology | Ecology
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