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Scientists discover coronavirus’s mechanism for inhibiting the immune system
The novel coronavirus’s genetic sequence has a segment that produces a substance known as nonstructural protein 1.
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Active and Passive Immunity
It describes various means by which an individual acquires active and passive immunity.
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Johnson's Disastrous Week: Is This the End for Johnson?
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been on the ropes for a while now - besieged by scandal after scandal. The latest may well be his last though, with high profile figures resigning and telling him to give up... so is it really all over?
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Four Ways Your Immune System Learns to Attack EVERYTHING!
You’re infected. Something harmful is in your body and you gotta get rid of it. In this video, I’m gonna talk about four ways your immune system attacks everything.
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On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals
In which John, inspired by Eula Biss's book On Immunity, considers how immunity and inoculation happen. Other topics discussed include vaccination, the relationship between individual efforts and collaboration, and what must be shared to...
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Deadly “black fungus” infecting Covid survivors in India
Mucormycosis is a deadly fungal infection and treatment often requires the removal of the eyes of patients. Doctors believe ubiquitous mucor mould becomes deadly when a patient’s immunity is weakened by coronavirus and the steroids used...
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Privileges and Immunities Clause
This Video Explains Privileges and Immunities Clause
Healthcare Triage
The Immune System, T-Cells, and Covid-19
So far we’ve been pretty focused on the antibody side of things during the pandemic, but recent work suggests that T Cells aren’t sitting this one out, and that could mean something significant in terms of immunity, even for people who...
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Understanding Immunity and How it Fights Diseases
This video explains the concept of immunity and the role of the immune system in fighting infections. It discusses how vaccines help create immunity by stimulating the production of antibodies and cells that can inactivate harmful...
Professor Dave Explains
Anaerobic Respiration and Fermentation
We took a look at aerobic respiration in the biochemistry series, and we know that it requires molecular oxygen to occur. But there are other forms of energy production that do not require oxygen. Those are anaerobic respiration and...
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How do we acquire immunity to bacteria and viruses?
Acquiring Immunity - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 3, This clip offers a step by step look at how the human body develops immunity to infectious diseases.
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
Professor Dave Explains
Alteration of Chromosome Number and Structure
We've already learned about certain kinds of modification to the genome, namely in the way of mutations that can occur to specific base pairs, or frameshift mutations when base pairs are deleted or inserted. But there can also be...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Immunology
As we know from our understanding of microbiology, pathogens are everywhere. So why don't we get sick all the time? And what are allergies, why do some people have them and others don't? And what are vaccines, how do those work? All of...
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How do vaccines work?
Understanding Vaccines - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 4. This clips examines how vaccines are made and how they are able to produce immunity to infectious diseases.
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Immune Cells Part 1: Immune Cell Function
Ok, we are ready to investigate the immune system! So where do we start? Rather than starting on the big objects, like the organs in the lymphatic system, the best way to dive in is to briefly discuss the different types of cells that...
Professor Dave Explains
Apoptosis Programmed Cell Death
We've touched on apoptosis before, especially when we learned about cancer in the biochemistry series. But let's a closer look. We know that apoptosis is programmed cell death, a failsafe mechanism whereby faulty cells that pose a threat...
Visual Learning Systems
Active and Passive Immunity Explained
This video explains the two main types of immunity - active and passive. Also, the video highlights the importance of vaccines in developing immunity and how they have greatly improved human life. Investigating the Immune System part 6/9
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European Parliament votes to protect Peter Magyar’s and Ilaria Salis’ immunity
New ReviewThe Committee on Legal Affairs has recommended rejecting all the Hungarian authorities' requests to lift MEPs' immunity. A final decision will be taken by a plenary session of the Parliament in October.
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Syria talks resume in Paris as France annuls arrest warrant against Bashar al-Assad | WION
Syria, France and the US said they agreed on Friday to convene 'as soon as possible' talks in Paris to integrate the autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu withdraws request for immunity from charges corruption
Israeli PM Netanyahu withdraws request for immunity from charges corruption
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Outrage over reports EU-funding linked to forced labour in Eritrea
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the European Union over its funding of an infrastructure project in the brutal dictatorship of Eritrea. The scheme, which received €20 million from Brussels, was partially built by forced labour,...
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The Brief: what are the next legal steps in the Catalan conundrum?
Catalan independence leaders Charles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin have taken their seats in the European Parliament. But Spain has asked the European Parliament to lift their immunity as they are still wanted for their roles during the...