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Amoeba Sisters
Mutations (Updated)
Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explain gene and chromosome mutations, and explore the significance of these changes. This updated video has improved audio and images! Codons and the amino acids they code for is represented by standard...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - What are Stem Cells? Difference Between Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells #11
In this video, we cover:
- What stem cells
are
- What differen
tiation is
- The difference between embryonic stem cells and a
dult stem cells
Exam board specific info:
- What stem cells
are
- What differen
tiation is
- The difference between embryonic stem cells and a
dult stem cells
Exam board specific info:
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Stem Cells in Medicine
In this video, we cover:
- A quick recap of what stem cell
s are
- How stem cells can be used to treat conditions like diabetes, paralysis and sickle cel
l anaemia
- The risks involved with stem
cell treatment...
- A quick recap of what stem cell
s are
- How stem cells can be used to treat conditions like diabetes, paralysis and sickle cel
l anaemia
- The risks involved with stem
cell treatment...
JJ Medicine
Sickle Cell Disease | Pathophysiology, Symptoms and Treatment
Lesson on sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a group of heritable blood disorders with characteristic sickle-cell shaped red blood cells. Sickle cell disease leads to chronic, compensated hemolytic anemia with vaso-occlusion...
Curated Video
Disorders of Red Blood Cells - Anemia Problems
Erythrocytes a.k.a. Red Blood Cells help us transport oxygen throughout the body. But what happens when they don’t work the way they should? Let's find out.
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Action: Genetic Disorders
This video builds on the genetic work of Mendel and takes the student through additional genetic discoveries made in the twentieth century. The Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment are plainly illustrated. The notions...
TED-Ed
How This Disease Changes the Shape of Your Cells
Just what exactly is sickle cell disease? A short, animated video explains how the cell adaption works, how inheriting the sickle cell trait can be an advantage in malaria-prone areas, and how sickle cell disease can be deadly.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Sickle Cell Anemia
The most common blood disorder in the United States, sickle cell impacts more than 70,000 Americans. Understanding the genetic coding that leads to this disease might one day help scientists prevent it altogether. Using a promising...
FuseSchool
Mutations and Natural Selection
Mutations have a bad reputation ... but are they always harmful? Junior geneticists explore mutations and their effects in a Fuse School Evolution video. The content features sickle cell disease, its effects on the body, and its ability...
Amoeba Sisters
Mutations: The Potential Power of a Small Change
Are the only mutants you know Ninja Turtles or X-Men? The video explains both gene mutation and chromosome mutation. It includes the subtypes of mutations for each major type, the times when mutations are more likely to happen, and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Mutation Story
This video segment describes the role of the sickle cell gene in natural selection. Footage courtesy of the PBS series Secret of Life: "Accidents of Creation." [4:49]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Dna: Sickle Cell Anemia
Find out about the genetic blood disorder, sickle cell anemia, in this short narration. [0:59]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Blood Disorders and Diseases
This lesson will identify the cause and effects of various blood disorders. [5:21]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Polygenic Traits and Pleiotropy: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain what a polygenic trait is and give examples of polygenic and pleiotropy traits. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Polygenic Traits and Pleiotropy."