Professor Dave Explains
The Immune System: Innate Defenses and Adaptive Defenses
There are so many critters out there, bacteria and viruses that want to wreak havoc in our bodies. How do we defend ourselves against such tiny threats? The immune system! This is quite possibly the most profoundly remarkable aspect of...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Cloning an Army of T Cells for Immune Defense
View this video/animation to see how one type of immune cell-the helper T cell-interprets a message presented at the surface of the cell membrane. The message is an antigen, a protein fragment taken from an invading microbe. A series of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Hiv and Aids?
A video [11:31] explaining HIV/AIDS and how it affects the cells to attack the immune system.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Types of Immune Responses: Innate & Adapt, Humoral v Cell Mediated
Sal Khan discusses our immune system responses, specifically humoral adaptive immunity. [8:06]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Myeloproliferative Disorders?
Learn about 4 different cancers that involve the bone marrow and produce a large number of cells in the bloodstream. [10:14]