Encyclopaedia Britannica
Rhesus Factor
Overview of the Rh factor and why pregnant women should be tested for it before giving birth.
Curated Video
The Role of White Blood Cells in the Immune System
The video provides an explanation of how the immune system works to defend the body against infection from pathogens, using white blood cells. It focuses on two types of white blood cells, phagocytes and lymphocytes, describing their...
Professor Dave Explains
The Immune System: Innate Defenses and Adaptive Defenses
There are so many critters out there, bacteria and viruses that want to wreak havoc in our bodies. How do we defend ourselves against such tiny threats? The immune system! This is quite possibly the most profoundly remarkable aspect of...
FuseSchool
Intro To Cells: Animals & Plants
All living organisms are made up of cells - they are the basic building blocks of life. There are two important categories of cells: plant cells and animal cells. In this video we look at animal cells in more detail. Animal cells are the...
Professor Dave Explains
Hepatitis A (Hepatovirus A)
Hepatitis is a word that describes an inflammation of the liver. This can happen a few different ways, but it is very commonly due to viruses. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E all cause liver disease, even though the viruses themselves are...
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Plasma
What colour is the liquid flowing through your veins, arteries and capillaries? it’s not blue or red. But technically it’s actually yellow.The blood that you see when you cut yourself looks red because it contains millions of red blood...
Ancient Lights Media
How do vaccines work?
Understanding Vaccines - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 4. This clips examines how vaccines are made and how they are able to produce immunity to infectious diseases.
FuseSchool
What are Antibodies
If this is the first time you have heard about antibodies, you may not know how important they are. Antibodies are one of the warriors inside our body, helping us to fight off nasty, invading particles. They are a type of protein, and...
Next Animation Studio
New COVID-19 hybrid combines India and U.K. variants’ traits
A new coronavirus hybrid that combines the Indian variant with mutations originally belonging to the U.K. variant has been detected in Vietnam.
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Cells - Introduction to Cells
All living organisms are made up of cells - they are the basic building blocks of life. There are two important categories of cells: plant cells and animal cells. In this video we look at animal cells in more detail. Animal cells are the...
Visual Learning Systems
Active and Passive Immunity Explained
This video explains the two main types of immunity - active and passive. Also, the video highlights the importance of vaccines in developing immunity and how they have greatly improved human life. Investigating the Immune System part 6/9
Bloomberg
Do Covid-19 Antibody Tests Work?
May.12 -- There are many products claiming to test for Covid-19 anitbodies, but few have proven to give consistently valid results. More importantly, it remains unclear whether antibodies provide immunity to the coronavirus.
Press Association
Study finds Covid-19 immunity could only last a few months
Scientists have found that coronavirus immunity could only last a few months after a study revealed a decline in protective antibodies.
Research by Imperial College London estimated just 4.4% of adults had some form of immunity against...
Curated Video
Some Are Calling Monoclonal Antibodies "A Game Changer"
They were already used for the treatment of other illnesses, but when the pandemic started companies developed them to fight the coronavirus.
Bloomberg
Can the Airline Industry Fully Recover?
Sep.25 -- Shakeel Adam, managing director at Aviado Partners Advisory Services, an aviation, rail and hospitality adviser, discusses the prospects for the airline industry amid the coronavirus pandemic. Adam says many or even most of the...
Curated Video
Measles Found To Leave Children's Immune Systems Vulnerable
A new study found kids who recovered from measles lost antibodies that could help them fight off other illnesses.
Bloomberg
Eli Lilly Antibody Drug Will Reduce Hospitalizations: CEO
Nov.10 -- Eli Lilly & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Ricks discusses the drugmaker's Covid-19 antibody therapy bamlanivimab, which was recently granted an emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug...
Curated Video
Dr. Charles Arntzen, Director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU talks about his research that focuses on genetically modifying tobacco plants to create a protein used to develop an Ebola drug. (Aug. 18)
Drug makers and academic laboratories going beyond standard techniques in the push to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
Curated Video
Possible Coronavirus Treatments Include Cloned Antibodies, Vaccines
While the CDC says risk to Americans is still low, U.S. researchers and scientists are hard at work exploring possible treatments for coronavirus.
Curated Video
Immunocompromised Patients Denied 4th Vaccine Dose Despite CDC OK
The CDC held a conference call with pharmacists this week to reiterate the guidelines for who qualifies for a fourth vaccine dose.
Bloomberg
Researchers Look to Create 'Antibody Cocktail' for Covid
Sep.28 -- Jennifer Bath, chief executive officer at Immunoprecise Antibodies Ltd., discusses the company's potentially groundbreaking Covid-19 antibody treatment on "Bloomberg Technology."
Curated Video
Doctor hunts for Ebola vaccine in genetically modified tobacco plants
Drug makers and academic laboratories are pushing scientific boundaries in a race to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
Bloomberg
Biden Says Covid Testing Funds Are Running Low
President Joe Biden called on Congress to authorize a new round of funding for Covid-19 treatments and vaccines, ratcheting up warnings that U.S. stockpiles are running dry. He spoke at the White House.
Bloomberg
Vir CEO: Omicron Is Probably Not the Last Variant
Vir Biotechnology President and CEO George Scangos joins Emily Chang following the news that its Covid-19 antibody treatment, co-developed with Glaxo, looks to be effective against the new omicron variant in early testing.