Professor Dave Explains
CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Technology
We've learned about a few techniques in biotechnology already, but the CRISPR-Cas9 system is one of the most exciting ones. Inspired by bacterial immune response to viruses, this site-specific gene editing technique won the Nobel prize...
Mediacorp
The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, host Joshua investigates the timeline for vaccine development and whether there is any hope of eradicating the virus. Pandemic part 1/7
Curated Video
I WONDER - Are There Different Types Of Immunity?
This video is answering the question of are there different types of immunity.
TLDR News
Coronavirus How Long Will Lockdown Last - TLDR News.
Around the world, people have been placed under lockdown. As the weeks tick on, people are becoming increasingly tired of the process, so we're asking... how long is this going to last. In the video, we explain how long the lockdown is...
The Wall Street Journal
Covid-19: A Second Wave?
Sweden's State Epidemiologist, Dr. Anders Tegnell talks about what lessons can be learnt from Sweden and whether or not a vaccine is the real answer to making people feel safe about a return to work. When will it be ready and will enough...
Healthcare Triage
The 2017 Flu Killed 80,000 in the US. Get a Flu Shot!
Influenza killed 80,000 people last year in the United States. That is the highest number of deaths since the CDC started keeping records in the 1970s. Help protect yourself and those around you. Get a flu shot!
Curated Video
How Smells Affect Emotions and Performance
This video discusses the powerful impact that scents can have on our emotions, memories, and overall well-being. The video also highlights the various scents, such as lemon, lavender, jasmine, rosemary, cinnamon, and peppermint, and...
The Wall Street Journal
Pfizer Chief Executive on the Next Phase of Covid-19
Albert Boula provides an update on the effectiveness of current vaccines against the Omicron variant, the debate over mandates and how new antiviral drugs will change the way we live with Covid-19.
Healthcare Triage
Get Your Flu Shot! It's Not About You, OK?
It's not too late to get a flu shot! You may have heard that the flu shot this year is "less effective" than in earlier years. That may not mean what you think it means. Less effective is a relative relationship, and in absolute terms,...
Next Animation Studio
Powerful new COVID vaccine undergoing final trials
Novavax used a different approach to create a vaccine that works well in more than 90 percent of tested individuals.
TLDR News
What Can Prince Andrew Do Now? Five Ways to Dodge Conviction - TLDR News
This week a lawsuit was filed against Prince Andrew in New York, making more allegations about the Duke's past conduct. Things are looking bleak for Andrew and the Royals more generally so in this video we unpack the options Andrew has...
Mediacorp
The Risks of Gene Editing
The technology to edit human genes exists, but many countries do not allow it. Learn about the potential risks of gene editing in adults and embryos. DNA Hack part 4/7
Curated Video
Vaccines: How They Work and Protect Us
Vaccines contain weakened or inactive copies of diseases. When injected, they stimulate the immune system to develop immunity against those diseases, protecting individuals from future infections. Vaccines have greatly reduced the...
TLDR News
COVID Second Wave: Why Everyone Wants To Stop It - TLDR News.
As countries begin to get to grips with COVID, there's one thing that no-one wants, a second wave of infections. In this video, we explain what a coronavirus second wave, how it can be avoided and why the UK government seems to believe...
Catalyst University
What is Herd Immunity? Does it Relate to COVID-19?
n this video, we will discuss the basic idea of herd immunity and what it means. Then, we will discuss the basic idea of a pathogen's basic reproduction number (R0) and how to predict the number of individuals who require immunization to...
Next Animation Studio
Scientists discover coronavirus’s mechanism for inhibiting the immune system
The novel coronavirus’s genetic sequence has a segment that produces a substance known as nonstructural protein 1.
msvgo
Active and Passive Immunity
It describes various means by which an individual acquires active and passive immunity.
TLDR News
Johnson's Disastrous Week: Is This the End for Johnson?
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been on the ropes for a while now - besieged by scandal after scandal. The latest may well be his last though, with high profile figures resigning and telling him to give up... so is it really all over?
Curated Video
Four Ways Your Immune System Learns to Attack EVERYTHING!
You’re infected. Something harmful is in your body and you gotta get rid of it. In this video, I’m gonna talk about four ways your immune system attacks everything.
Vlogbrothers
On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals
In which John, inspired by Eula Biss's book On Immunity, considers how immunity and inoculation happen. Other topics discussed include vaccination, the relationship between individual efforts and collaboration, and what must be shared to...
Next Animation Studio
Deadly “black fungus” infecting Covid survivors in India
Mucormycosis is a deadly fungal infection and treatment often requires the removal of the eyes of patients. Doctors believe ubiquitous mucor mould becomes deadly when a patient’s immunity is weakened by coronavirus and the steroids used...
The Business Professor
Privileges and Immunities Clause
This Video Explains Privileges and Immunities Clause
Healthcare Triage
The Immune System, T-Cells, and Covid-19
So far we’ve been pretty focused on the antibody side of things during the pandemic, but recent work suggests that T Cells aren’t sitting this one out, and that could mean something significant in terms of immunity, even for people who...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Immunity and How it Fights Diseases
This video explains the concept of immunity and the role of the immune system in fighting infections. It discusses how vaccines help create immunity by stimulating the production of antibodies and cells that can inactivate harmful...