Science Buddies
Strawberry DNA Extraction
Have you ever wondered how scientists get a sample of DNA from a plant, animal, or other organism? DNA is the genetic instructions for how an organism develops and functions. This video will show you how to extract enough DNA from...
Ancient Lights Media
What are viruses?
Understanding Viruses - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 1. This clip offers a simplified look at how viruses are structured and how they infect living host cells.
Curated Video
What is DNA and How Does it Work?
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that is often called the blueprint of life. Located in the nucleus, the DNA is a very long molecule with a helix winding structure like a twisted ladder. The rungs of the ladder are made of four...
Ancient Lights Media
Genetic Engineering of Plants
Plant Reproduction Set: 5. This clip demonstrates two of the most common methods of genetic engineering in plants: biolistic transformation and gene splicing.
Professor Dave Explains
Biotechnology: Genetic Modification, Cloning, Stem Cells, and Beyond
In this biology playlist, we've learned so much about DNA and living organisms! Well, so has mankind over the past century, and oh, what we have done with this knowledge! It's pretty incredible when you stop and think about it. Let's go...
Professor Dave Explains
Mitosis: How One Cell Becomes Two
We know that we are made of cells. But we start out as just one tiny little cell in the womb. How does that become enough cells to look like a baby? And how does that baby get enough cells to become an adult? The answer is mitosis! This...
Professor Dave Explains
The Cell Cycle and its Regulation
Your cells have to divide when you're growing, to heal wounds, and to replace dead cells. But how do cells know when to divide and when not to divide? We can't have cells just growing willy-nilly! That's what cancer is, and that's bad....
FuseSchool
GMOs
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have had their DNA artificially modified by humans, using modern genetic manipulation techniques. By changing the DNA, so changing the genome of an organism, means we can change its...
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...
Science360
Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed! - Intro
Plant genome research is already revolutionizing the field of biology. Currently, scientists are unlocking the secrets of some of the most important plants in our lives, including corn, cotton and potatoes. Secrets of Plant Genomes:...
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
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
Empowering Women Starts With the Toilet, Melinda Gates Says
Bill and Melinda Gates' annual letter for 2019 is "surprise." The letter, released Tuesday, acts as a roadmap for how the Gates Foundation plans to invest in technology that will help make the world a better place in the years to come....
Curated Video
The making of a mammoth
Ron Charles on how scientists recovered the woolly mammoth's genome
Curated Video
University of Alberta team sequencing tree genomes to find what makes forests resilient to climate change
A team of researchers at the University of Alberta are sequencing the genome of trees to figure out why some trees are resilient when faced with climate change. The Genome Alberta Resilient Forests project is sequencing the genomes for...
Curated Video
AP investigation: China withheld COVID-19 information
China withheld vital information about the outbreak and waited more than a week before publishing the genome of the coronavirus in January, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.
Bloomberg
Illumina CEO Thaysen on Nvidia Partnership, Genomics, M&A
Illumina CEO Jacob Thaysen discusses the outlook for genomics and the company's partnership with Nvidia. He speaks with Katherine Greifeld at the JPMorgan Health-Care Conference in San Francisco.
Press Association
Boy whose cancer was half the size of a lung takes part in new trial
Interview with Harri Pessoa de Araujo, whose son Eddie was diagnosed with cancer and took part in a new genome sequencing trial. Eddie Pessoa de Araujo was just six-years-old when doctors discovered a huge mass in his chest which had...
Press Association
More awareness is needed around genetic sight loss – expert
There needs to be more awareness about genetic sight loss among the public and specialists, an expert has said. Inherited sight loss conditions are the most common cause of blindness in working age adults in the UK. While there is a lack...
Bloomberg
Building the Ultimate Map of the Human Body
Jun.10 -- Thousands of researchers from more than 70 countries are developing a comprehensive map of every kind of cell in the human body, an endeavor that could transform our understanding of diseases and medicine. (Video by Vicky Feng
Curated Video
USA: MAPPING THE HUMAN GENOME LATEST (3)
Washington, USA - 12 February, 2001 and FILE
Washington, 12 Feb
1. Wide shot of Eric Lander speaking at launch
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eric Lander, Director, Whitehead Institute
3. Various DNA graphics
Washington, 12 Feb
4. SOUNDBITE:...
Curated Video
Team maps first draft of Neanderthal genome
1. Wide exterior of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig
2. Close up of sign of Institute
3. Mid of graduate student Tomislav Maricic drilling hole into bone (for extraction of DNA)
4. Close-up of hole being...
Bloomberg
The Ethical Implications of Gene-Edited Babies
Nov.29 -- Jiwoo Lee, a Stanford University student, and Bloomberg's Drew Armstrong discuss the researcher who shocked the world with claims that he was the first to genetically modify human embryos drew early support from Chinese...
Bloomberg
Illumina Debuts Faster Genomics Sequencer
Illumina CEO Francis deSouza speaks with Ed Ludlow about the debut of a new DNA sequencer and the latest advances in genomic/molecular testing.