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![Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, also rendered Penn & Teller: B.S.!, Bullsh*t!, Bulls***!, or Bull!, is an American documentary television series that has aired since 2003 on the premium cable channel Showtime. In Canada, the series airs on […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PennTeller-36x36.png "Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement")
Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement
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How Pandemics Spread: Introduction to Infectious Diseases
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![When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR’s Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FLU-36x36.jpg "Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body")
Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body
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![The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells, and how scientists came to realise that there was, literally, more to life than meets […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cell-36x36.jpg "BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary")
BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary
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![This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows the function of white blood cells in normal immunity. It also portrays how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Common […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HIV-36x36.jpg "Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS")
Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS
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Influenza animation – flu virus mechanism
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zika Archive
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![A research team from the U.S., Germany and Singapore, led by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has uncovered evidence that parts of the Zika virus closely resemble parts of the host’s own immune system, […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Zika-115x115.jpg "Zika virus mimics host’s immune system, triggering hosts body to attack itself")
Zika virus mimics host’s immune system, triggering hosts body to attack itself
Posted on February 22, 2018 | No CommentsA research team from the U.S., Germany and Singapore, led by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has uncovered evidence that parts of the Zika virus closely resemble parts of the host’s own immune system, […] -
![One of the most troubling aspects of Zika virus is the fact that the disease is known to cause severe, sometimes even life-threatening birth defects in infected babies. However, new research—published in PLOS Pathogens—suggests that some mothers […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Zika-virus-infection-115x115.jpg "Study suggests naturally-acquired immunity against Zika virus may already occur")
Study suggests naturally-acquired immunity against Zika virus may already occur
Posted on November 20, 2017 | No CommentsOne of the most troubling aspects of Zika virus is the fact that the disease is known to cause severe, sometimes even life-threatening birth defects in infected babies. However, new research—published in PLOS Pathogens—suggests that some mothers […] -
![New research on the Zika virus contradicts the theory that high rates of microcephaly and other neural defects seen in the 2015 Brazilian Zika outbreak were due to newly acquired mutations in the virus. In a study […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Zika_CDC-115x115.png "For Zika virus, infecting brains isn’t a new trick")
For Zika virus, infecting brains isn’t a new trick
Posted on November 13, 2017 | No CommentsNew research on the Zika virus contradicts the theory that high rates of microcephaly and other neural defects seen in the 2015 Brazilian Zika outbreak were due to newly acquired mutations in the virus. In a study […] -
![Discovery may explain how virus is transmitted from pregnant women to their unborn children Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Zika-Virus-115x115.jpg "Zika virus infects developing brain by first infecting cells meant to defend against It")
Zika virus infects developing brain by first infecting cells meant to defend against It
Posted on October 30, 2017 | No CommentsDiscovery may explain how virus is transmitted from pregnant women to their unborn children Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from […] -
![When the Zika virus was first isolated from an Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease. What […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shutterstock_285993845-2-115x115.jpg "Once harmless, the Zika virus became lethal after a single genetic mutation")
Once harmless, the Zika virus became lethal after a single genetic mutation
Posted on October 23, 2017 | No CommentsWhen the Zika virus was first isolated from an Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease. What […] -
![After a single dose, the developing Zika vaccine completely prevents against infection, transmission from pregnant mother to developing fetus. The vaccine also prevents damage to the male reproductive system. For the first time, a collaborative team led […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shutterstock_200322827-115x115.jpg "Potential Zika vaccine protects against pregnancy transmission and testicular damage")
Potential Zika vaccine protects against pregnancy transmission and testicular damage
Posted on October 12, 2017 | No CommentsAfter a single dose, the developing Zika vaccine completely prevents against infection, transmission from pregnant mother to developing fetus. The vaccine also prevents damage to the male reproductive system. For the first time, a collaborative team led […] -
![Purdue University researchers Michael Rossmann and Richard Kuhn have been at the forefront of discovery with the help of a technology that recently led to a Nobel Prize in chemistry for three scientists. It’s called cryo-electron microscopy, […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kuhn-rossmann-115x115.jpg "Technology that led to the recent Nobel Prize was critical in Purdue’s study of the Zika virus structure")
Technology that led to the recent Nobel Prize was critical in Purdue’s study of the Zika virus structure
Posted on October 11, 2017 | No CommentsPurdue University researchers Michael Rossmann and Richard Kuhn have been at the forefront of discovery with the help of a technology that recently led to a Nobel Prize in chemistry for three scientists. It’s called cryo-electron microscopy, […] -
![Even as French pharma giant Sanofi has stalled development work on a Zika virus vaccine candidate, India is pushing ahead with two vaccine candidates against the virus that continues to cause havoc across the world, and could […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/research-115x115.jpg "Indian drugmakers push on with development of Zika and Chikungunya vaccines")
Indian drugmakers push on with development of Zika and Chikungunya vaccines
Posted on October 11, 2017 | No CommentsEven as French pharma giant Sanofi has stalled development work on a Zika virus vaccine candidate, India is pushing ahead with two vaccine candidates against the virus that continues to cause havoc across the world, and could […] -
![A new generation DNA-based Zika vaccine is the first to demonstrate both safety and the ability to elicit an immune response against Zika in humans, according to new research. The phase 1 clinical trial showed for the […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shutterstock_374885119-115x115.jpg "DNA-based Zika vaccine found effective at inducing immune response")
DNA-based Zika vaccine found effective at inducing immune response
Posted on October 6, 2017 | No CommentsA new generation DNA-based Zika vaccine is the first to demonstrate both safety and the ability to elicit an immune response against Zika in humans, according to new research. The phase 1 clinical trial showed for the […] -
![A single genetic mutation made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve cells in developing brains, a new study suggests. The small change — which tweaks just one amino acid in […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shutterstock_251480638-115x115.jpg "A mutation may explain the sudden rise in birth defects from Zika")
A mutation may explain the sudden rise in birth defects from Zika
Posted on October 3, 2017 | No CommentsA single genetic mutation made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve cells in developing brains, a new study suggests. The small change — which tweaks just one amino acid in […]