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 | Jan 15, 2018 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
In the second video of our two-part series on HIV and AIDS, we look at the challenges that have kept scientists from developing a cure, and the treatments that have still managed to improve the outlook for those infected. We’re conducting a survey of our...
by msander | Dec 3, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
In the first video in our two part series on HIV and AIDS, we explain how scientists figured out what HIV is, when the infection morphs into AIDS, and where they think the virus originated. We’re conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give...
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 | Mar 6, 2017 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
For several centuries, people though diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. We now know that this theory is pretty ridiculous, and that diseases are caused by specific bacteria. But how did we get to this new idea of germ theory? Tien Nguyen...
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