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Angelina Jolie & Breast Cancer
What would you do if you found out that cancer could be lurking in your genes? More people are getting news like that these days as more kinds of cancer are being linked to specific genes and genetic tests let doctors screen your...
SciShow
The First Gene-Edited Babies Are Here, Like It or Not | SciShow News
A researcher in China used the gene editing technique known as CRISPR to change the DNA of human embryos. Hank unpacks why this is being universally condemned by scientists.
SciShow
Prions: The Real Zombie-Makers
Hank is tired of zombies in popular culture, and while acknowledging that dead people are scary (especially if they start moving around), he brings us some information on prions - misfolded proteins that are responsible for destroying...
SciShow
3 Genes That Give People Superpowers
There are genetic mutations in the population today that can grant people some seemingly superhuman abilities.
Curated Video
Dual Roles: Hermaphroditism in the Animal Kingdom
Explore the phenomenon of hermaphroditism in animals such as snails and worms, where individuals possess both male and female reproductive organs. This segment explains how hermaphroditism benefits species in terms of reproduction and...
Neuro Transmissions
Evolutionary psychology is mostly garbage.
Did our psyches evolve? Are human behaviors and thoughts subject to natural selection? If you ask an evolutionary psychologist, they would say yes, nearly every human action has a biological explanation. And yet, many take issue with...
Barcroft Media
The Boy Who Can’t Stop Hurting Himself | BORN DIFFERENT
A young boy faces a daily battle with a rare condition which causes him to severely injure himself. Davey Wicklund, 11, from Renton, Washington, has a rare inherited disorder that affects his muscle control called Lesch Nyhan syndrome....
Catalyst University
Prions | Mechanism of Kuru & Relation to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
In this video, I discuss the mechanism of transmission and development of Kuru, a prion disease derived from cannibalism of brains infected by either Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (cCJD) or others with Kuru.<br/>
The Wall Street Journal
Anne Wojcicki on Covid-19 and Genetics: Discovering Clues in Big Data
23andme CEO Anne Wojcicki discusses the potential for crowdsourced data to help provide new insights into the coronavirus at WSJ Tech Live.
Bizarre Beasts
The Bizarre Beast with Clear Blood
The crocodile icefish has clear blood, a genetic mutation that should have meant GAME OVER, but it didn't. It just happened in the right place at the right time.
Mediacorp
Understanding DNA Test Results
In this video, the host discusses their experience with genetic counseling and the insights they gained about their genetic predispositions. The video highlights the role of genetic counselors in providing personalized information for...
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Cancer Treatment
Science has made great progress in cancer screening and treatment, including breakthroughs in cellular therapies. But cancer is still a leading cause of death in America. What innovations and technologies will shape progress in the future?
Curated Video
Types of Reproduction
In this live-action program viewers will learn from a biological standpoint, the only point of reproduction is to transmit DNA from one generation to the next. Students will come to understand that organisms reproduce in two ways:...
Professor Dave Explains
Pharmaceutical Drugs: Inhibitors and the Nature of Disease
We live in a time where there is much skepticism towards modern medicine. This stems purely from ignorance, however, and there are those who capitalize on this to sell an unbelievable array of alternative medicines that, almost without...
Barcroft Media
The Boy Who Can't Stop Hurting Himself
RENTON, WASHINGTON D.C - UNDATED: A young boy faces a daily battle with a rare condition which causes him to severely injure himself. Davey Wicklund, 11, from Renton, Washington, has a rare inherited disorder that affects his muscle...
Curated Video
What is Adaptation?
This live-action video program is about the word Adaptation. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Adaptation through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Bozeman Science
Natural Selection
Between 1968 and 2002, the total number of peppered moths decreased by almost two thirds, although scientists do now know why. In the 10th video of the series, the instructor defines evolution as any changes to a gene pool. Scholars then...
Bozeman Science
Examples of Natural Selection
Viewers explore real-world examples of both evolution and natural selection as the instructor discusses changes to the environment, mutations causing changes in phenotypes and changing the fitness in organisms, and how humans are...
TED-Ed
What Happens When Your DNA Is Damaged?
Did you know that your DNA can be damaged tens of thousands of times per day? Learn about the ways that damage to just one strand of your DNA can be fixed, or in extreme examples, result in genetic mutation such as cancer.
PBS
The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats
A lack of fossil records forces scientists to piece together the evolution of the big cats. The PBS Eons video lesson describes the processes scientists use to infer evolutionary details and predict possible species. Scholars get an...
TED-Ed
How to Biohack Your Cells to Fight Cancer
Is it possible to use biotechnology to trick your body into fixing cancer-causing mutations? A video presentation discusses both traditional and new technologies that fight cancer. The amazing technologies are sure to intrigue viewers as...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Tri Nucleotide Repeat
Mutations often lead to genetic disorders. The tri-nucleotide repeat leads to an expansion of DNA thanks to errors in the process of DNA replication. Using the informative video, scholars identify genetic disorders related to this error...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Mismatch Repair
What does a cell do when DNA is not copied correctly? An informative video shows budding scientists an example of a mismatch mutation during DNA replication. Viewers learn that to prevent a mutation from occurring, cells have mechanisms...
TED-Ed
How This Disease Changes the Shape of Your Cells
Just what exactly is sickle cell disease? A short, animated video explains how the cell adaption works, how inheriting the sickle cell trait can be an advantage in malaria-prone areas, and how sickle cell disease can be deadly.