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BIOLOGY - Genetics - Cell Differentiation
Every single cell in your body contains the same DNA. However, not all of your cells are the same - you have nerve cells, blood cells, skin cells, bone cells and many more different types, that all have a slightly different structure so...
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Slowing or Reversing Aging: Can We Live for 180 years?
Ageing is a complex process which results from progressive loss of the body’s ability to maintain itself. This ageing comes with diseases and a general decline in health. Over the past few decades, scientists have come to better...
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Hemopoiesis / Hematopoiesis | How Blood is Made
In this video, we discuss how blood cells are made - everything from red blood cells to white blood cells and platelets.
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10 Accidental Scientific Breakthroughs
Some of the most amazing scientific discoveries happened by pure chance. Pretty crazy right?
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Modern Cloning Techniques
When we talk about clones in science we mean organisms that are identical copies - they have the same DNA as each other. Identical twins are examples of naturally occurring clones. Both plants and animals can be cloned. Watch this video...
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Biotechnology: Genetic Modification, Cloning, Stem Cells, and Beyond
In this biology playlist, we've learned so much about DNA and living organisms! Well, so has mankind over the past century, and oh, what we have done with this knowledge! It's pretty incredible when you stop and think about it. Let's go...
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Geneticist Alex Dainis (Get to Know a Scientist!)
What does a geneticist do? All kinds of stuff with genes, of course! Alex Dainis has a PhD in genetics, and she loves talking about her experience in graduate school, from the challenges of working in the lab to what it means to do...
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BIOLOGY - Genetics - Stem Cells
Our bodies are the ultimate factory. Every cell has its specific job to do, and is shaped to do that job perfectly. The fate of each cell is determined during the embryo stage, and then cannot be changed. However, cutting-edge research...
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Journey of Sperm Cells: Production, Development, and Maturation
This video explores the process of sperm cell production in the male reproductive system, including the anatomy of the testes, the seminiferous tubules where sperm cells are produced, and the epididymis where they mature and become...
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Bioengineering infant heart patches with the baby’s own heart cells - Science Nation
Regenerative approach aims to provide full heart function to infants, without need for lifelong operations
Description: Bioengineer Jeff Jacot is working on an idea that could transform the medical approach to infants with complex and...
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Types of Plant Cells
If we want to learn about plant structure and function, we have to start with the smallest components, and those would be plant cells. Just like animals, plants are made of eukaryotic cells of different types, and in plants these are...
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Gene-editing therapy: US approves treatment for sickle cell disease
New gene-editing technology approved in the U-S is giving hope to millions of people worldwide suffering from sickle cell disease.
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Monumental treatment breakthrough for 2 genetic blood disorders
A new gene-editing treatment is offering new hope for people living with the blood disorders sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Approved in Britain, there is hope the breakthrough treatment may soon come to Canada.
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U.K. approves world's first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell
Britain's medicines regulator has authorized the world's first gene therapy treatment for two blood disorders — sickle cell and thalassemia. Casgevy is the first medicine licensed using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers...
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U.S. Approves Sale of Cell-Cultured Chicken
U.S. Approves Sale of Cell-Cultured Chicken
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U.S. Approves Sale of 'Lab Grown' Cell-Cultured Chicken
For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation's restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.
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Good2Know: Study Shows Promise in Fighting Age-Related Baldness
A new study from Northwestern University published in the journal PNAS this week suggests that there could be a way to prevent age-related baldness at the cellular level. The study points out that as people age, their hair follicles get...
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Scientists create the world’s first 'synthetic' embryos without using sperm or eggs
The ability to create embryos from stem cells without eggs or sperm is revolutionary, but for many, it also raises ethical question marks.
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AI is transforming healthcare as we know it: Arab Health 2020
The recent outbreak of the coronavirus has shown us that our global health system is only as strong as its weakest link. The key to stemming the spread of such illnesses lies in bolstering connectivity and communication between health...
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Cutting-edge Care: Arab Health 2020
The recent outbreak of the coronavirus has shown us that our global health system is only as strong as its weakest link. The key to stemming the spread of such illnesses lies in bolstering connectivity and communication between health...
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Only a fraction of umbilical cord blood donations have been distributed in the past decade
Of over 4,700 donations since 2015 only 86 have been donated.
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Cord blood transplants remain rare but life-saving
New data from the Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank show less than two per cent of donated units have been transplanted in nearly a decade. The treatment is still rare, but scientists say it's important for saving the lives of...