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How mucus keeps us healthy - Katharina Ribbeck - YouTube

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Your body produces more than a liter of mucus every day, and when you’re sick, it can be hard to miss. But what exactly is mucus? And what does it do, besides making you miserable? Katharina Ribbeck reveals the mysteries of this transparent, shape-shifting layer that moistens and lubricates the vulnerable parts of our body while rendering us invisible to potentially deadly microbes.

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Barrier
Cleansing
Defense
Filter
Immune
Infection
Mucus
Pathogens
Protection
Trap

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