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Toxoplasmosis: Can Your Cat Make You Go Crazy?
Toxoplasma gondii, is a unicellular parasite that changes the behavior of its host! A 2002 study showed that people who had toxoplasmosis got into more car accidents than uninfected people. Later research, in rats (another host) and...
Professor Dave Explains
The Inflammatory Response
We touched upon the inflammatory response in the Anatomy & Physiology series, but now it's time to go much deeper. What is inflammation on the cellular level? Which cell types are involved with the response, and what are the mechanisms...
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Why Are Some Meats Eaten Raw And Some Are Not?
Raw meat from certain animals, such as fish, contain fewer pathogens – bacteria, viruses, and parasites – that can infect humans. Eating raw meat depends on several factors, including preparation, hygiene conditions, the source of the...
Visual Learning Systems
The Human Immune System and the Lymphatic System
This video provides an overview of the human immune system, highlighting the role of white blood cells in fighting pathogens. It explains the functions of different types of leukocytes, the transportation of white blood cells through the...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Body's Defense Mechanisms
This video provides an overview of the body's defense mechanisms, specifically focusing on the first and second lines of defense, to protect against pathogens that enter through skin injuries. Investigating the Immune System part 3/9
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Investigating the Immune System Review
This video reviews the topics covered in the Investigating the Immune System series. Topics include the transmission of pathogens, the body's defense mechanisms, the cells and structures involved, the immune response processes, and...
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Principles of Treatment of Infectious Diseases
It describes the common manifestations of infectious diseases and various approaches to treat diseases.
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Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Immunity Explained
The immune system (or immunity) can be divided into two types - innate and adaptive immunity. This video has an immune system animation. The innate immune system consists of defenses against infection that are activated instantly as a...
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Pathogens and Common Infections: Types, Transmission, and Prevention
This video provides an overview of pathogens, which are disease-causing organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protists. It explains how these pathogens are transmitted from person to person through water, oral transmission,...
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Physical Defenses Against Pathogens
This video is a lecture presentation on physical defenses against pathogens. The presenter discusses the ways in which pathogens can be transmitted from one host to another and how we can limit their spread through measures such as good...
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I WONDER - What Does The Immune System Do?
This video is answering the question of what does the immune system do.
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Understanding the Components and Functions of Blood
The video is about the components of blood and their functions. It starts by introducing blood as a fluid that transports substances to and from body cells. The video then describes the different components of blood, including plasma,...
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I WONDER - Are All Bacteria Harmful?
This video is answering the question of are all bacteria harmful.
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Plant Defense Responses: Physical, Chemical, and Mechanical Adaptations
The video explains the different defense mechanisms that plants use to protect themselves from various threats, including pathogens and herbivores. The mechanisms include physical barriers like cell walls and waxy cuticles, chemical...
Nature League
The Threats Facing Forests - Field Trip
In this Nature League Field Trip, Brit gets a first-hand look at the challenges facing forests in the Rocky Mountains, including fires, drought, climate change, and pine beetles. Special thanks to Professor Diana Six at the University of...
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Understanding Immunization: How Our Bodies Fight Off Pathogens & The Benefits of Vaccines
The video discusses the process of immunization and how it works in the human body. It explains the role of the specific immune system, lymphocytes, and antibodies in destroying pathogens that cause diseases. The video also highlights...
Professor Dave Explains
Cholera: Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139
What is cholera exactly? Believe it or not, this disease isn't gone, it's still an issue in various parts of the world. It's caused by Vibrio cholerae, and in particular two serotypes of this bacterium. Let's get some details!
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Immune Privilege: Do Your Eyes Have a 'Separate' Immune System?
To protect your vision, the human eye gets something called immune privilege. It is basically a license that the body’s immune system gives to some organs, like the eyes and the brain. Immune privilege limits the response of the immune...
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An Introduction to the Immune System
The immune system is a pretty complex system that includes a number of different cell types and organs. Their function is to basically block, destroy or at least neutralize any harmful substances that could enter the body. And when we...
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EVERY Human Would Die Without This Cell
What if I told you that there’s one cell in your body that if you don’t have it, you will die? And I’m not saying you might die. I’m telling you that you WILL die if you don’t have it. What is it?
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Microplastics can carry pathogens to new points in the food chain
Critical questions remain about microplastics and possible threats to food production and safety, according to a new study published in Trends in Microbiology.
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Cardiovascular System (An Introduction)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that the cardiovascular system comprised of the heart and the circulatory system that includes the heart, blood vessels, and approximately five liters of blood. Students will come to...
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How Vaccines Work with Your Immune System
Part three of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, dives into the immune system. We explore some of the ins and outs of this system, how it responds to viruses,...
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Causes of Disease: Overview and Examples
The video is a lecture presentation on the causes of disease, with a focus on four types of pathogens: viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protists. The presenter discusses each type of pathogen in detail, including their method of...