SciShow
How Does Cold Medicine Work?
The cold medicine you picked up at the store involves some cool chemistry to treat your symptoms. *Correction: This episode was written by Alison Caldwell.
SciShow
Can We Really Develop a Cure for the Stomach Flu?
Currently, there is no cure for viral gastroenteritis—more commonly known as the stomach flu. However new research into cytokines has the potential to change that! Join Hank for a new episode of SciShow where we'll discuss if a stomach...
SciShow
The Truth About the Gut to Brain Connection
There aren't many bodily connections as powerful as the gut to brain connection. Why? Watch this new episode of SciShow hosted by Olivia Gordon to learn about the immense power of the microbiome!
SciShow
How Does Cold Medicine Work?
The cold medicine you picked up at the store involves some cool chemistry to treat your symptoms.
SciShow
The Surprising Link Between Allergies and Suicide
Our mood is influenced in many ways by our environment, and researchers have discovered a possible connection between the pollen in our air and a rise in suicide.
SciShow
A Vaccine for Asthma? #inmice | SciShow News
A vaccination to protect against allergic asthma may be in sight, as scientists this week publish promising results in mice. Also, the California Condor is making a comeback, and its genome is looking great!
SciShow
CBD: Marijuana Without the High
Warning: Contains talk of cannabis. CBD: Marijuana Without the High
SciShow
What Are Fever Dreams?
You might have experienced those bizarre and emotionally intense dreams when you have a fever, but what are those?
SciShow
The Overlap of Autoimmunity and Mental Health Conditions
Our immune systems aren't just critical to our physical health. It turns out they may play a big role in our mental health, as well. And learning more about how these two aspects of our health are interconnected can help us develop more...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick - Marco A. Sotomayor
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It's official: you've got the flu. It's logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is...
SciShow
We Might Finally Be Able to Treat the "Stomach Flu" (#inmice)
The treatment for viral gastroenteritis has been stay near a toilet and drink lots of fluids. But new research into cytokines has the potential to change that.
Professor Dave Explains
Natural Killer Cells: The Tumor Killers
Just a little bit left to go with the innate immune cells, so let's look at natural killer cells! These are cells which show cytolytic activity towards physiologically stressed cells like tumor cells and virus-infected cells. Let's break...
Curated Video
Mitosis Reggae Song - Cell Division, but Actually FUN!
Does learning about Mitosis sound boring? Well, NOT ANYMORE. Jam along with me to the Mitosis Reggae Song! We'll learn about Cell Division phases of Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, and yes - even Cytokinesis! With...
Professor Dave Explains
Macrophages: The Destroyers
Before we move on from the innate immune system, let's go through all the cell types one by one, so that we can better understand them. Let's start with macrophages, which are long-lived phagocytic cells. They play a pivotal role in...
Curated Video
What is Toxic Shock Syndrome? (Tampons Disease)
How we treated Toxic Shock Syndrome at the Emergency Department. Tampons use is not the only way to catch the disease. The Bacteria that cause Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) live on our skin and can cause the disease when opportunity...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Immune Cell Receptors
We've talked a bit about how immune cell receptors operate, but now it's time to get specific about the types of receptors that immune cells can express. That means we need to discuss antigen receptors, costimulatory receptors,...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Immune Cells Part 2: Myeloid and Lymphoid Lineages
With the basic functions of immune cells covered, we are now ready to go through all the different types of immune cells, and talk a little bit about what they all do. Again, each type will get its own tutorial later in the series, but...
Professor Dave Explains
Cytokines and Chemokines
We've talked about how immune cells communicate with one another using cytokines and chemokines, but we have not yet gone into detail regarding these soluble protein signals. What are the names of these molecules, which include...
Healthcare Triage
Bradykinin Storms and Covid Inflammation
We’re getting close to a year of living with Covid-19, but work is still ongoing to understand the mechanisms behind some of its most devastating effects. A lot of attention has been given to Cytokine Storms in this realm, but with some...
Next Animation Studio
Antidepressant can reduce sever COVID symptoms
The antidepressant fluvoxamine, sold under the brand name Luvox, could reduce risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms by almost a third in high risk patients.
JJ Medicine
Psychoneuroimmunology | How Stress and Depression Make You Sick
Lesson on Psychoneuroimmunology: The Inter-relationship of Mental Health and the Immune System. Psychoneuroimmunology is a new area of research looking into how mental health (stress, depression, etc.) impacts the immune system and how...
Curated Video
The Cells of Innate Immunity (and Mechanism)
The Innate immune response is a general response your immune system has against foreign invaders. And there are special cells involved in the process. In this video, we'll cover those cells and the roles they play.
STAT
How Ebola kills
The Ebola virus only has 7 genes and is smaller than a blood cell, but during an infection the deadly disease can shut down multiple organs. Here's how it works.
Khan Academy
Helper T Cells, Immune System Physiology, NCLEX-RN
The main concepts covered in this video are the complex procedures that follow the recognition of a foreign body by the immune system. Sal describes the roles of helper T cells and memory cells in controlling future responses.