Amoeba Sisters
The Cell Cycle (and cancer) [Updated]
Explore the cell cycle with the Amoeba Sisters and an important example of when it is not controlled: cancer. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 1:00 Cell Growth and Cell Reproduction 1:42 Cancer (explaining uncontrolled cell growth) 3:27...
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....
JJ Medicine
One Carbon Metabolism | Tetrahydrofolate and the Folate Cycle
Lesson on One Carbon Metabolism, the role of tetrahydrofolate and the folate cycle. Tetrahydrofolate (THF) is derivative of folic acid (Vitamin B9), which is acquired from dietary sources. Tetrahydrofolate (THF) in various forms...
Catalyst University
Cell Cycle Regulators & Tumor Suppressor Genes | Proto-oncogenes & Oncogenes
In this video, we discuss the difference between proto-oncogene and oncogene AND the meaning of tumor suppressor genes. We also explore how dysfunction in any of these can lead to cancer.
Bozeman Science
Mitosis
Paul Andersen describes the process of mitosis. He begins by discussing the importance of the cell cycle in development, regeneration, asexual reproduction and wound healing. He differentiates between haploid and diploid cells and...
SciShow
Breast Cancer gets Worse in the Spring and Fall. But...Why?
Seasonal illnesses from infectious diseases aren’t a new concept, but a few decades ago public health experts began to notice the same behavior in some non-infectious diseases like breast cancer. These patterns have helped us learn a lot...
Bozeman Science
What is Cancer?
In this video Paul Andersen answers the very simple question: What is cancer? He explains how damage to the DNA can create uncontrolled cell growth. He explains how malignant tumors can spread the disease throughout the body and gives...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The cancer gene we all have - Michael Windelspecht
Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide. Michael Windelspecht explains how these genes can sometimes mutate, making those cells less...
SciShow
Why HPV Is Cancer In One Convenient Package
HPV isn't the only virus that causes cancer, but it's one of the best at it. Here's what we've learned about this supervillain of a pathogen, and how to stop it.
Amoeba Sisters
Mitosis: The Amazing Cell Process that Uses Division to Multiply! (Updated)
Updated Mitosis Video. The Amoeba Sisters walk you through the reason for mitosis with mnemonics for prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:44 Why is Mitosis Important? 2:00 Why Don't You Want...
Catalyst University
Endocannabinoids [Part 4] | Effects on Cancer Cells
In this video, we explore the basic mechanism by which endocannabinoids may shift a cancerous cell toward cell death, autophagy, and cell cycle arrest.
Curated Video
Meeting the 'systems' sceptic - with Tim Hunt
Roland Pache is trying to understand complex biological interactions using computer algorithms to hunt for patterns in vast swathes of data. Undergraduate Sophia Hsing-Jung Li is excited by this new field of 'systems biology'. In this...
MinuteEarth
Do We Have to Get Old and Die?
We’d like to thank Focus Features for sponsoring this video – and for inviting us to pre-screen their summer 2015 film “Self/Less”. It’s a sci-fi flick that explores memory, consciousness, and immortality, and it made us think about the...
Curated Video
Why Are Human Breasts So Big?
Breasts come in different shapes and sizes. They are unique to humans. More than 5,000 mammalian species inhabit this planet. Yet, Homo sapiens are the only life forms with permanent breasts. Some may call this human anomaly sexy. But it...
SciShow
How to Live Forever? Be a Jellyfish
Hank introduces us to another amazing organism - the "immortal jellyfish," Turritopsis dohrnii - and explains how it can extend its life cycle indefinitely through a process known as transdifferentiation.
Curated Video
Factpack: Fruit Flies
Discover how the humble fruit fly is helping scientists to fight Parkinson's disease and even cancer. Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use...
SciShow
10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes
Everything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones... Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22459/...
Amoeba Sisters
The Cell Cycle and Cancer
Do you know why chemotherapy causes hair loss? A video explains the mitosis portion of the cell cycle and focuses on why we should care. The lesson explains what a cancer is as well as its current and potential future treatments.
Bozeman Science
Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis
If a cell is unable to regulate the cell cycle, wild cell growth may occur, leading to cancer. Learners explore the cell cycle, using mitosis and meiosis to create new cells. Learners walk, simply, through each phase of the cell cycle:...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Cancer and Cell Fate in the Intestinal Epithelium
What happens when intestinal epithelia receive the wrong directions during differentiation? Discover how tumors form in the intestinal lining using a narrated video. The resource shows both normal and cancerous growth using specially...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Differentiation and the Fate of Cells
Did you realize cells become restricted in the types of cells they produce as embryos develop? Stem cells might become anything, but late state cells can only become the specialized cell based on their locations. A captivating video does...
Khan Academy
Cancer, Cells, MCAT
Learning about apoptosis and how cells can destroy themselves without any external influence is fascinating. Sal creates interest in the vast number of cells and the complexity of the human body. The likelihood of a mutation causing a...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Mammalian Molecular Clock Model
Animals don't read clocks, so how do they know when it is time for eating, sleeping, and other cyclical needs? Viewers watch an animation of the genes and the molecular clocks inside most mammals. They compare the difference in wild...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Y Chromosome
Forward and backward, it's all the same! Scientists recently discovered the y chromosome's palindrome nature suggests it's possible to for the y chromosome to recombine with itself! An animation resource gives viewers insight into the...