Dr. Jenn Fogarty gives an overview of the Human Research Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This is the first in a series of six episodes that dive deep into the work being done to understand what exactly happens to the human body...

In this video, we explore the major classes of drugs that are used in the treatment of pulmonary disorders (asthma and COPD) along with their mechanisms of action. Specifically, we consider the classes of drugs that do not directly...

This dissects in detail the meaning of the phrase, " Flattening the Curve", with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A conversation with Sharmila Bhattacharya, senior scientist in the Space Biosciences Research branch at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

mTOR Part 1: Activation of mTOR and Overall Effects

Part one of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, dives into the history of variolation, exploring the beginning of the long road that led to vaccines as we know...

A LOVEABLE 8-year-old boy has a form of dwarfism so rare he is believed to be one of only 28 cases in the world. Three-foot-tall Landen Johnson, from Lincolnton, North Carolina, has primordial dwarfism, one of the rarest forms of...

At the time of writing the Coronavirus has taken 165,636 lives globally and the death toll is rapidly increasing. So in this video, we wanted to explain what happens to a COVID patient. How symptoms progress from mild to severe and then...

The Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum for Anatomy and Physiology

This is a video that discusses different factors that can affect an individual's health, including disease, diet, stress, life situations, and more. The video explains that different types of diseases may interact and cause additional...

In this video, we discuss the basic idea of clonal selection.

Gerald Commissiong describes how the company's new Covid-19 antibody test works and says the future of early cancer diagnosis could lie in blood testing.

Is there a mother out there who doesn't warn their children that going out in the cold is going to make them sick? Have you heard that old chestnut about losing all of your body's heat through your head? Do you think drinking alcohol...

Zinc Deficiency Signs & Symptoms (ex. Hair Loss, Acne, Infections) & Why They Occur



Zinc is an essential element required for human health, being utilized for nearly 100 different enzymes for a wide variety of functions,...

When you get a bacterial infection, the immune response needs to be very rapid. But it can take hours to sense a threat, and generating effector proteins in response takes time. Luckily, we all have large protein complexes called...

In Brazil, millions of people are infected with intestinal worms. Although there are effective drugs to treat worm infections, they’re not universally available and can’t prevent future infections. Now a team of scientists are trying to...

Cancer researchers dream that one day our bodies will cure themselves of cancer. In Cancer Wars we hear from cancer researchers’, like Awen Gallimore, hope that cutting edge research using the immune system and antibodies, will make that...

At the WSJ D.Live conference in Hong Kong, Darktrace's Nicole Eagan and Social Data Lab's Andreas Weigend speak with WSJ Global Technology Editor Jason Dean about risks and vulnerabilities in the 'Wild Wild West' digital realm.<br/>

Trials Underway for Coronavirus Treatments & Vaccines: Are We Getting Close? - TLDR News

In this video we discuss in detail the functions of the vermiform appendix (or simply, appendix) and the process of developing an appendicitis.

At the end, we briefly mention two other secondary lymphoid structures (tonsils and...

Tapeworm Infection Signs & Symptoms, Nutrient Deficiencies, & Complications



There are a number of Tapeworm species that can infect humans leading to several tapeworm-related conditions (in this lesson we discuss taeniasis,...

Alternative Pathway of Complement Activation

Preventing and Treating Disease

The Bete Noire of Big Pharma is making a comeback – this time as a treatment for Blood Cancers. Thalidomide is the drug best known for causing deformities in thousands of children in Europe and the USA, but in May 2006, the U.S. Food and...