SciShow
How PET Scans See Cancer
When someone gets a PET scan to detect tumors and how far a cancer has spread, that machine is actually detecting sugar. Because cancer has a sweet tooth, and this phenomenon, called the Warburg effect, may help us develop new cancer...
SciShow
We May Have Found a New Organ, Thanks to Cancer Therapy
We’ve been studying the body for most of human history, and yet we are still finding new organs (or parts of them - depending on your definition). Also, thanks to some marmosets, we know a little more about how anxiety and depression...
SciShow
Catching Alzheimer's 25 Years Earlier
Alzheimer’s is a devastating form of dementia, but we maybe one step closer to finding a way to catching it earlier.
TED Talks
TED: We can start winning the war against cancer | Adam de la Zerda
Learn about the latest advances in the war against cancer from Stanford researcher Adam de la Zerda, who's working on some cutting-edge techniques of his own. using a remarkable imaging technology that illuminates cancer-seeking gold...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do we study living brains? - John Borghi and Elizabeth Waters
As far as we know, there's only one thing in our solar system sophisticated enough to study itself: the human brain. But this self-investigation is challenging because a living brain is shielded by skull, swaddled in tissue, and made up...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Pedro Brugarolas: Why do hospitals have particle accelerators?
Is there a way to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's before they advance too far? Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can...
Institute of Human Anatomy
How Much of Your Brain Do You Actually Use?
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses how scientists and medical professionals know with certainty, that we use 100% of our brain.
Getty Images
Kids PET-CT Room At Children's Hospital
Kids PET-CT Room At Children's Hospital at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago on August 19, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois (Footage by Tribune Broadcasting/Getty Images)
Getty Images
Kids PET-CT Room At Children's Hospital
Kids PET-CT Room At Children's Hospital at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago on August 19, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois (Footage by Tribune Broadcasting/Getty Images)
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mapping and Measuring Brain Function
This lesson will compare and contrast the methods utilized in mapping the brain and examining brain function.