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What Is HPV and How Can You Protect Yourself From It?
At some point, most sexually active people will be infected with human papillomavirus, or HPV. There are over 100 types of HPV, and most of the time the body eliminates infections without symptoms – but some strains can pose serious health risks down the line.
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How Does the World Feel About Science and Health?
Watch the global launch of the inaugural Wellcome Global Monitor report in Washington, DC at the Gallup World Headquarters.
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How Do Citrus Fruits Create Such a Strong Smell?
Citrus fruits contain small pockets of liquid which burst upon contact releasing a jet of strong smelling oil into the air. The strong smell is designed to attract animals to the site to help to spread the seeds of the fruit as far as possible. Andrew Dickerson at the University of Central Florida has recorded the squirting motion using high speed cameras to try to understand the exact process of these 'micro-jets' of citrus oil.
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Aseptic Techniques: Cell Culture Basics
This video provides an introduction to aseptic technique, an important aspect of avoiding microbial contamination during your cell culture experiments.
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What Makes TB the World's Most Infectious Killer?
Learn why tuberculosis, TB, is the world’s most infectious disease and how medical advancements are improving treatment.
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The Microbes That Live With Us From Cradle to Grave
Inside your body there are trillions of microscopic organisms: bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea – collectively known as the microbiota. Over the past decade, we’ve learnt that these communities help to shape our physiology and contribute to our wellbeing.
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Immunology Wars: The Battle With HIV
This animation shows the cellular and molecular mechanisms employed on both sides of the fight, and how antiretroviral drugs can help swing the balance in our favor.
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Your Body vs. Implants
Why do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help.
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Investigating the World's Lightest Solid
Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aerogels are now technically the lightest.
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What Can We Do to Stamp Out Strangles?
How do you solve a problem like strangles? Let’s find out from the horse’s mouth!
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