SciShow
Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger: the "Antibodies" of the Future | Antibodies Mini-Series Part 3
These days, we’re pretty good at harnessing the power of antibodies for medicines and as molecular tools, but they do have some drawbacks. So, cutting-edge researchers are hoping to develop smaller and more stable alternatives, and...
SciShow
How to Stop Cancer Using RNA
We know that our immune system watches out for us, but is there a way we could give it a leg up in spotting cancerous tumors?
SciShow
This Is Your Brain on GPS
Researchers have revealed a potentially life-saving rapid blood type test, and does using GPS to get around make your brain lazy?
SciShow
Why Herpes Is the Most Talented Virus Ever
Unlike with many other viruses, once you get a herpesvirus you’re stuck with it for life. But just how do these master trespassers accomplish this feat?
SciShow
Could Your Blood Type Ever Change?
From A positive to O negative, everyone's born with a blood type, and they're stuck with that blood type for their whole lives... or are they?
SciShow
6 Dangerous Diseases Hiding in U.S. Backyards
Microbes are all around us, on everything we touch, drink, or eat. While most microbes can't hurt us, you don't have to go much farther than your own backyard to find some that really can! Chapters PLAGUE 0:39 TULAREMIA 4:48...
SciShow
Prelude to a Revolution | Antibodies Series Part 1
You may have heard a lot of talk about antibodies lately, especially in relation to vaccines. We wanted to tackle this important subject, but these tiny objects are deceptively complex! So, this is the first of three episodes in a...
Crash Course
Immune System, part 3: Crash Course A&P
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! This is the last episode on the immune system and also the very last episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology. In it, Hank explains how the cellular immune response uses helper, cytotoxic, and regulatory T cells...
SciShow
From Your Head to Your… Anus: The Truth About Hair | Compilation
Whether you’ve got a lot of hair or absolutely none, it’s one of those things all of us have thought about at some point. And we’ve ended up with some… questions.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why do some people go bald? - Sarthak Sinha
What do Charles Darwin, Michael Jordan, and Yoda have in common? They, like many other historical and fictive individuals, are bald. Scientists have long pondered, why do some people lose their hair, and how can we bring it back? Sarthak...
SciShow
There Are Millions of Blood Types
You’re probably aware that your blood can be A, B, AB or O, but it turns out that blood types can get a lot more complicated than that!
MinuteEarth
Can Pregnancy Tests Help Beat COVID-19?
The lab-on-a-stick that lets us know if we’re pregnant is a genius bit of technology that can be used to quickly determine everything from whether there are nuts in our chocolate to whether we have COVID.
SciShow
Creating $122 Billion of Antibodies | Antibodies Series Part 2
Figuring out how to hack the immune system and make the antibodies we want was just the beginning. Thanks to innovative technologies, we're finding ways to produce safe, effective antibodies for all sorts of uses.
SciShow
Big Idea: Blood Transfusions
The idea of putting blood into a person was a radical one when it was first attempted 350 years ago, but today, more than 15 million pints of blood are donated each year in the U.S. to be used in transfusions to over 5 million patients....
SciShow
Why Body Hair?
In today's episode Hank talks about hair: What's it good for, what's it made of, and why do we have less than other mammals?
SciShow
All About Allergies
What are allergies? How are they caused, and what can people do to prevent them? SciShow explains!
SciShow
What are Blood Types?
Quick Questions explains why, when it comes right down to it, there are really only eight kinds of people in the world.
Crash Course
Immune System, part 2: Crash Course A&P
In the penultimate episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank explains your adaptive immune system. The adaptive immune system's humoral response guards extracellular terrain against pathogens. Hank also explains B cells,...
Bozeman Science
Blood Types
Paul Andersen explains the importance of blood types in blood transfusions. He starts with a brief discussion of blood antigens and antibodies. He describes how the ABO differs from the Rh blood type. He shows you how to solve simple...
SciShow
3 Reasons Mosquitoes Suck
Hank gives you at least three reasons to like mosquitoes even less than you do already, and tells you how you can literally decrease world suck by fighting mosquito-borne disease.
Bozeman Science
Plant and Animal Defense
Paul Andersen describes how plants and animals defend themselves against pathogens. He begins by discussing the hypersensitive response in plants as a nonspecific form of immune response. He then discusses both the humoral and...
Curated Video
Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City Walkthrough Part 25 - End of the Line
Howcast - Check out part 25 and race to the finish line in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, the third-person shooter from Slant Six Games and Capcom.
Curated Video
Forward & Reverse Blood Typing
Blood grouping is based on the presence of A and B antigens on red blood cells and their corresponding antibodies in the serum. Blood type A has A antigen and anti-B antibodies; type B has B antigen and anti-A; type AB has both antigens...
Curated Video
MHC I Vs MHC II: Easy Trick to Remember
The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is a tightly linked gene cluster encoding cell surface molecules essential for antigen presentation and graft rejection, known as histocompatibility antigens. In humans (HLA on chromosome 6),...