Curated Video
Breakthrough Research: Potential Vaccine for Newborns Against Bacterial Infections
Microbiologists at Bradford University are making strides in developing a potential vaccine to protect newborn babies from deadly bacterial infections like pneumonia and meningitis. By focusing on lipoproteins found on Group B...
Curated Video
Race Against the Bird Flu: Vaccine Trials and Global Efforts
This video discusses the testing of an experimental vaccine for the bird flu virus at the University of Rochester Medical Centre. Preliminary results show the vaccine to be safe and effective against the H5N1 strain. The US government...
Curated Video
Innovative Medical Technologies: Revolutionizing Blood Sampling and Diabetes Treatment
Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a groundbreaking iontophoresis technique that allows substances to be delivered into the body without the need for needles. This innovative method offers a less invasive way to...
Curated Video
Inside Britain's National Institute of Biological Standards and Control: Leading the Way in Medical Research
The National Institute of Biological Standards and Control is a leading research facility in the UK, responsible for developing vaccines and setting standards for biological medicines worldwide. With a history dating back to the 1920s...
Curated Video
Preventing Shingles: The Power of Vaccination
Learn about the potential breakthrough in preventing the painful and lingering effects of Shingles through a new concentrated vaccine derived from the chicken pox vaccine. Researchers suggest that this innovative approach could spare...
Curated Video
UNICEF's Efforts to Combat Tetanus in Mali: The UNI Ject Vaccine
In this video, UNICEF introduces the UNI Ject Vaccine, a new device designed to combat tetanus in Mali. The vaccine is easy to administer and can withstand high temperatures, making it suitable for areas with limited refrigeration....
Curated Video
Genetic Engineering: Transforming Mosquitoes into Disease Fighters against Malaria
Scientists at Imperial College in London are researching ways to combat malaria by genetically modifying mosquitoes. By identifying genes in other mosquito species that kill the malaria parasite, they aim to transfer these genes to the...
Curated Video
Breakthrough Cancer Treatments: Prostate Cancer Vaccine and NHL Breakthrough
This video discusses the development of two breakthrough treatments for cancer. The first is a vaccine against prostate cancer that boosts the immune system and shows promising results in slowing tumor growth. The second is a genetically...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - What Are Vaccines? Are They Safe? How Do They Work? Vaccines Explained #39
How do vaccines work? What's heard immunity? And what are the pros and cons of vaccination?
Curated Video
Henrietta Lacks' Revolutionary HeLa Cells
The astonishing story of Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells, taken without consent, revolutionized medical research but also exposed ethical dilemmas, leading to crucial changes in consent laws to protect patients' rights in the scientific...
Curated Video
Susan La Flesche Picotte: The First Female Native American Doctor
At a time when many Native Americans were refused healthcare by racist White doctors, Susan La Flesche Picotte overcame gender discrimination to become the first Indigenous woman in U.S. history to earn a medical degree.
Curated Video
Pandemic Perspectives: Beliefs and Values
MITIGATING THE MENACE: Professor Dunn talks about how drastic and systemic the impact of the COVID-1 pandemic was, how democracy does not necessarily give any guarantee for collective security and how it is not certain that any kind of...
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Pandemic Perspectives: The Importance of Communication
VITAL ENGAGEMENT: Dr Holt talks about how the greatest lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that to battle a pandemic the public must feel that they have a buy-in to the process that gives rise to the decisions to wear masks, take...
PBS
How We Discovered Germs
Humanity didn't always know about the invisible viruses, bacteria, and microbes that can cause disease. But that doesn't mean we didn't come up with some truly bizarre ideas. From the four humors and miasma theory to bloodletting and...
Curated Video
Rabies Scare
Jessi is bit by one of the animals and has to deal with the consequences of possible rabies exposure.
The Guardian
What's in a vaccine and what does it do to your body?
There are all sorts of different vaccines but many of them share specific types of ingredients. Josh Toussaint-Strauss talks to Prof Adam Finn to find out what is in most conventional vaccines, as well as what's going on in our bodies...
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 90 - How many more things can look like letters??? (Levels 3-5)
Material covered:Words ending ey,Semicolon (Punctuation & Grammar) ,Vaccine,Explanation,Hygiene,Session,Words ending with a shn sound ,Interfere,Scissors
Debunked
What’s The Most Venomous Creature Of All Time?
While snakes might be at the top of most people’s concerns when it comes to venomous creatures it’s actually something quite different that tops the bill of Most Venomous!
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 90 - How many more things can look like letters??? (Levels 3-5)
Sure enough, the winner is linked to toilet humour. I am genuinely thrilled that it won as it is the most powerful way to commit something to memory. Hope you enjoyed the countdown and see you soon!
One Minute History
164 Maurice Hilleman - One Minute History
Born in Miles City, Montana in 1919, Dr. Maurice Hilleman is considered the “father of modern vaccines”. Throughout the course of his career as a virologist, he developed over 40 critical vaccines including measles, hepatitis,...
Vlogbrothers
SYSTEMS!!!!
In which John discusses the interwoven systems that shape our destiny even though we rarely pause to think about them.