by msander | Jul 24, 2018 | All Science Teachers
Fewer children in the United States are getting vaccinated. That’s bad news for those kids, and also for public health in general. Often, the response is to argue and debate and get angry at people who are we see as making terrible, irrational decisions. Instead of...
by msander | Jul 23, 2018 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
The first ever vaccine was created when Edward Jenner, an English physician and scientist, successfully injected small amounts of a cowpox virus into a young boy to protect him from the related (and deadly) smallpox virus. But how does this seemingly counterintuitive...
by msander | Feb 26, 2018 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
Last week, a group of researchers unveiled a vaccine that cures cancer in mice, and if we can get it to work in humans, it will save a lot of lives. Hosted by: Hank Green Support SciShow and go to http://skl.sh/scishow2. Click here to go to the source for more...
by msander | Nov 30, 2017 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
All year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one goal: to design the vaccine for the next flu season. But why do we need a new one every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and...
by msander | Jan 22, 2015 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
HIV has proved to be a stubborn foe, but its relatives that infect animals could help us make a run around the virus’s defenses. Of Mice and Men and HIV One hurdle in HIV research is that the virus is very human-specific, so it doesn’t readily infect lab animals—and...
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