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Prof John Tregoning is the author of Live Forever? The Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Disease and Ageing (Oneworld); in which he explores ageing and what we can do about it. He previously published Infectious: Pathogens and how we fight them (Oneworld) which describes the history and science of infectious disease. John is currently Professor of Vaccine Immunology at Imperial College London, where he has studied the immune responses to vaccination and respiratory infection for more than 25 years. John has written 85 scientific articles and numerous articles on scientific careers including a weekly COVID diary in Nature. He appeared on the Royal Institution Christmas lectures and BBC Radio 4.

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The not quite as tricky second book.

It began as all the best things do, with a cup of tea. I met up with the wonderful Caroline (Hardman, my agent) at Somerset House. We discussed my first book Infectious: Pathogens and How We Fight Them and drifted onto the subject of whether I would consider penning another. I’d not really intended to, it wasn’t necessarily a small undertaking – consuming nearly every weekend for 9 months (admitte Read more of this blog post »
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