Mazz Media
Types of Reproduction
In this live-action program viewers will learn from a biological standpoint, the only point of reproduction is to transmit DNA from one generation to the next. Students will come to understand that organisms reproduce in two ways:...
Mazz Media
Genetic Diseases
In this live-action program viewers will learn that a monogenic disorder is a genetic disease caused by small-scale genetic differences that cause the malfunction of a single gene and that many diseases result from such genetic...
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Action: Mutations
This video builds on the genetic work of Mendel and takes the student through additional genetic discoveries made in the twentieth century. The Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment are plainly illustrated. The notions...
Professor Dave Explains
What is Cancer?
Cancer is the ultimate expiration date for biological life. But what is it? How does it occur? Is there anything we can do about it? Let's take a brief look at this incredibly complex issue.
Professor Dave Explains
The Evolution of Populations: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, and Gene Flow
After going through Darwin's work, it's time to get up to speed on our current models of evolution. Much of what Darwin didn't know is now known and understood very well, so we can meticulously go through much of the evidence we see for...
FuseSchool
Mutations
So, what causes mutations? Well, this is where science fiction meets science fact, sort of. In the backstory of many superheroes there will be a meeting with a radioactive substance - be it cosmic rays or radioactive waste. In real life,...
Mazz Media
What is Adaptation?
This live-action video program is about the word Adaptation. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Adaptation through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Next Animation Studio
New COVID-19 hybrid combines India and U.K. variants’ traits
A new coronavirus hybrid that combines the Indian variant with mutations originally belonging to the U.K. variant has been detected in Vietnam.
Professor Dave Explains
Charles Darwin's Idea: Descent With Modification
Now that we've learned about molecules and cells and the simplest forms of life, we are ready to understand how all of life on earth evolved from a single common ancestor. Given our newfound knowledge about the chromosomal theory of...
Professor Dave Explains
Gene Therapy
When we looked at some areas of biotechnology earlier in the series, we briefly touched on gene therapy, without saying much about what it is. Now we are ready to dive into this topic and see what it is all about. If a person has a...
Next Animation Studio
What we know about the new coronavirus strain
Concerns are growing over a new variant of the coronavirus blamed for a sharp rise in cases in the UK
Curated Video
Mutated HIV strains spark faster developing AIDS-related illnesses
New research suggests mutated strains of HIV in Saskatchewan are leaving infected people vulnerable to faster development of AIDS-related illnesses.
Curated Video
New disease discovered
A new disease has been discovered at Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital, and it could mean a 10-year-old boy has a hope at a normal life for the first time
Curated Video
New disease discovered
A new disease has been discovered at Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital, and it could mean a 10-year-old boy has a hope at a normal life for the first time
Curated Video
Montreal patient undergoes genetic procedure for frontotemporal dementia
Two doctors from the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, including Dr. Simon Ducharme, performed a genetic procedure on a patient in hopes of slowing down or halting the disease's progression. This is the first time this gene...
Curated Video
What is Covid JN.1 variant and where did it come from? Microbiologist Dr. Sneha S Hegadi addresses all the concerns
The JN.1 Covid variant is raising eyebrows in India! But should we panic? Join esteemed microbiologist Dr. Sneha S Hegadi as she breaks down everything you need to know about JN.1. Dr. Hegadi separates fact from fiction and offers expert...
Curated Video
#TheMoment a mystery critter baffled everyone — including the experts
This mystery critter was recently spotted near Saskatoon. Even the experts had never seen anything quite like it.
Curated Video
New gene mutation possibly linked to breast cancer susceptibility: researchers
Canadian researchers have identified a new gene mutation they believe is linked to breast cancer susceptibility. Further study is still needed, but researchers say it's an important step in learning more about hereditary links to cancer.
Curated Video
Omicron more transmissible but milder than delta variant, initial research suggests
Initial evidence about the omicron variant seems to suggest that the strain is more transmissible but less severe than the delta variant. But scientists studying omicron caution that understanding the full threat of omicron will take...
Curated Video
Experts worry about potential of COVID-19 variant first identified in India
Experts are expressing worry about the spread of the B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, which has already been detected in Canada. One major concern is whether the variant’s double mutation could make vaccines less...
Curated Video
Sadiq Khan says he's worried about the South African variant
Sadiq Khan says he's worried about the South African variant
Curated Video
New record rise in India’s COVID cases, deaths; curfew in capital
India reports 275,000 new cases, taking its overall caseload past 15 million and a record 1,619 deaths as Delhi announces six-day curfew.
Curated Video
Making Headlines: £5,000 fine for breaching foreign holiday ban plus New York Covid variant detected
Making Headlines: £5,000 fine for breaching foreign holiday ban plus New York Covid variant detected
Curated Video
Coronavirus variant found in New York City could impact vaccine efficacy
( - image credit) A new coronavirus variant, B1526, now spreading in New York City first emerged in November, and some of its characteristics give it the potential to reduce the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.