Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Our Lives: Passing on the Genetic Code
This exciting program takes a glimpse at some of the amazing advances in modern genetics. Starting with the discovery of DNA, students will be exposed to advances such as the creation of recombinant DNA, vaccines, the human genome...
Catalyst University
The Central Dogma of Biology | Transcription & Translation: The Basics
This video explores the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology (Transcription & Translation) at an introductory or general biology level.
Ancient Lights Media
Introduction to the Genetic Code
Genetic Expression Set: 3. This clip examines the chemical structure of DNA and RNA and explains how the genetic code is written and expressed.
Ancient Lights Media
Genetic Engineering: Positives & Negatives of Transgenic Plants
This clip looks at some of the beneficial and harmful aspects of transgenic plants.
FuseSchool
What is RNA
DNA is a type of nucleic acid. And in this video we are going to have a quick look at another type; RNA. We have both DNA and RNA in our bodies. We need them both! DNA is the blueprint; it contains all of the instructions for the cell to...
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Our Lives: Dna
This exciting program takes a glimpse at some of the amazing advances in modern genetics. Starting with the discovery of DNA, students will be exposed to advances such as the creation of recombinant DNA, vaccines, the human genome...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: All About Genetics
This video is a lesson on genetics, specifically focusing on the inheritance of traits from parents to offspring. The teacher explains the concept of genetics and introduces Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics. The video also discusses...
Professor Dave Explains
Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA
We've been hearing about DNA since the third grade, and we all know that it's a double helix with little ladder rungs. But now we are ready to understand this molecule on a more fundamental level, which will enable to us to understand...
Curated Video
Meatball Made From DNA of Woolly Mammoth
An Australian startup developed a meatball made from the DNA of the extinct woolly mammoth.
Curated Video
Wastewater helps scientists track infectious diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic showed scientists how useful wastewater could be to track infectious diseases, now it’s being used to help identify other outbreaks including monkeypox and polio.
Curated Video
How wastewater helps in the fight against infectious diseases
Scientists across Canada are using wastewater to better identify infectious diseases like COVID-19, monkeypox and even polio. Health and medical reporter Lauren Pelley speaks with experts to find out how it's done.
Curated Video
How the coronavirus outbreak happened
As coronavirus cases in China climb to more than 66,000 and over 15,000 deaths, a look back at how the outbreak started and whether enough was done to stop it from spreading.
Sky News
A new era of genetic medicine could mean tens of thousands of patients in England having their illnesses diagnosed faster with improved treatments on the NHS. Scientists are to begin unlocking DNA from 100 thousand people at 11 centres.
A new era of genetic medicine could mean tens of thousands of patients in England having their illnesses diagnosed faster with improved treatments on the NHS. Scientists are to begin unlocking DNA from 100 thousand people at 11 centres.
Press Association
Impact of vaccine has potential to be very big, says Oxford academic
Interview on the Pfizer vaccine with Dr Peter Drobac, global health physician and social entrepreneur and Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. Dr Drobac says the...
Curated Video
Wuhan Plans Citywide Testing After New COVID-19 Cases
Health officials are concerned that the virus may still be spreading in the city, despite lockdown measures earlier in the year.
Curated Video
How Does Cancer Work In The Body?
To continuously multiply, your cells have to divide. When they do that they copy your genes — all 3 billion letters of your genetic code.
TED-Ed
What Is Schizophrenia?
A short illustrated video details what little is known about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for schizophrenia. What is known about the disease, considered a syndrome, is detailed in the video and the links provided to other resources.
Crash Course
Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38
A presentation of how engineering based in making something better led to engineering genetics. Scholars learn that genetic engineering began by selectively breeding plants that had specific characteristics to improve them. The video...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
mRNA Splicing
Edit, copy, and paste are not just for word processing! Learn how a gene transcribes into mRNA and then translates into a protein. Editing is the first step and is the focus of the animation as it demonstrates how special enzymes remove...
Stated Clearly
What is a Gene?
The majority of foods in the United States are genetically modified. The video explains the idea behind genetically modified foods. It starts with the basics of a gene and their functions. The narrator then works through current...
Stated Clearly
What is DNA and How Does it Work?
Discussions of DNA occur in Jurassic Park, X-men, Dexter, and CSI, yet many don't fully understand it. The video explains what DNA is, where it is located, and how it forms proteins. The chemistry of life becomes understandable through...
Bozeman Science
Essential Characteristics of Life are Conserved
Humans' entire DNA sequence would fill two hundred 1,000-page telephone books. In the video, the instructor discusses the essential characteristics of all life - genetic code, the central dogma, and shared metabolic pathways. Scholars...