Curated Video
Producing Monoclonal Antibodies: An Overview
This video provides an introduction to producing monoclonal antibodies, explaining what antibodies and lymphocytes are and how they work to destroy specific pathogens. It then goes on to describe monoclonal antibodies. The video also...
Next Animation Studio
Experts explain what viruses are
Viruses straddle the definition of being living and nonliving, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute.
JJ Medicine
Lyme Disease | Pathophysiology, Signs, and Treatment
Lesson on Lyme Disease: Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment. Lyme disease is caused by an infection with a spirochete bacteria of the Borrelia genus. The clinical presentation of Lyme Disease is separated into 3...
Visual Learning Systems
Healthy Digestive and Excretory Systems: Problems of the Excretory System
This program reviews what our body does with the food we consume, and covers the major digestive organs and processes. The fundamental processes by which the body disposes of various types of wastes via the excretory system are also...
Mazz Media
White Blood Cells
This live-action video program is about white blood cells. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
JJ Medicine
Toxoplasmosis: The Parasite That Reduces Brain Functioning (& Where It Comes From)
Toxoplasmosis: The Parasite That Reduces Brain Functioning (Decreased Processing Speed, Working Memory and More) Toxoplasmosis is an infection with the protozoal species Toxoplasma gondii. Infection can be acquired from eating uncooked...
Catalyst University
Guillain-Barré Syndrome | Mechanism & Presentation
In this video, we discuss the mechanism and clinical presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Professor Dave Explains
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is tuberculosis? Just like the rest of these diseases, it's caused by a bacterium, specifically Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This one is tricky because there are strains that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so...
Professor Dave Explains
Bacterial Infections in Humans
Now we know about a wide variety of bacteria, as well as precisely how they can harm us. So how do they get spread around? How do communicable diseases get from host to host? Let's learn all about this process now.
Next Animation Studio
Superbug fungus spreading through U.S.
A deadly fungus known as Candida auris has been spreading through nursing homes and hospitals across the United States and in five cases has proven entirely resistant to all existing antifungal medication.
JJ Medicine
Hepatitis A | Virus, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Hepatitis A (Viral Hepatitis) | Virus, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Hepatitis A is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis A virus, which is an RNA virus from the picornaviridae family of...
Curated Video
Treatment Options for Cardiovascular Disease
This video discusses three major conditions that come under Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and their treatments. The first condition discussed is Coronary Heart Disease, which is caused when fatty material builds up inside coronary...
Science ABC
Why Do Healing Wounds Itch?
When our body sustains a wound, new cells are formed near the edges of the injury and then move down to the base of the wound. Once these cells have migrated to the center of the wound, they connect with other cells nearby. Once this...
JJ Medicine
Molluscum Contagiosum (“Papules with Belly Buttons”): Risk factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Lesson on molluscum contagiosum (“the skin condition with a belly button”). Molluscum contagiosum is a very common skin condition that typically affects children. The molluscum contagiosum virus leads to the development of papules that...
Mazz Media
Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases
REAL WORLD SCIENCE: Biological Vectors and Infectious Diseases
Using incredible videography, photos, animation and graphics, this information-packed video introduces students to biological vectors. Viewers will learn that biological...
FuseSchool
What Are Pathogens?
A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi. Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu...
Weird History
How One Doctor Attempted To Get Peers To Wash Hands
In the 19th century, physicians argued that Victorian hospitals offered modern, scientific care. But in Vienna, one doctor realized physicians were inadvertently ending the lives of their patients. That's because 19th-century medical...
Curated Video
Introduction to Acupuncture
This video provides an overview of acupuncture as an alternative treatment method. The video discusses the origins of acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine and its belief in the flow of energy called Chi along pathways called...
Step Back History
The AIDS Crisis: "How Many Beautiful Friends Died"
Today, we need to talk about one of the largest medical disasters in recent history that we almost never talk about. Let's talk about the people who thought they would die, had the state do nothing, and fought like hell to demand their...
Professor Dave Explains
Bacterial Pathogenesis How Bacteria Cause Damage
So we know that there are unbelievable numbers of bacteria inside of us, and some of them are good. So what about the bad ones? What do those do? How do they harm us, exactly? What defenses do we have against them? Let's take a look!
Curated Video
A potential cure for HIV
Scientists have developed a therapeutic vaccine for HIV which has the potential to create a functional cure for the disease. Here's how it works
Catalyst University
Anatomy | First, Second, and Third Degree Burns
In this video, we will differentiate the three classes of skin burns: first, second, and third
Professor Dave Explains
Anthrax Bacillus anthracis
Most of us know about anthrax either because of the terrorism involving sending anthrax in the mail, or because of the metal band by the same name. But let's get a closer look at the actual bacterium, Bacillus anthracis.
Iesha Learning
What are STIs?
In this video, young people learn about the different types of sexually transmitted infections and how they are transmitted.