What does herd immunity mean? We collaborated with the journal Immunity to explain basic concepts of herd immunity and discuss its implications for COVID-19. This video is based on an article published in Immunity - check it out!
Bugs as Drugs
Scientists are reinventing ways that bacteria can be beneficial for human health. Watch this video to learn more about how bacteria may be a next generation medicine using an example of people with phenylketonuria, a metabolic disorder that makes it difficult for people to digest a particular amino acid. References: Synlogic Therapeutics Isabella et al….
Vaccines 101: Importance of Vaccinations
This video is part of a 3 video series focused on the origin of vaccines, how they work, and their role in public health. These videos were produced in collaboration with high school students at San Francisco public schools and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
Vaccines 101: Origin of Vaccines
This video is part of a 3 video series focused on the origin of vaccines, how they work, and their role in public health. These videos were produced in collaboration with high school students at San Francisco public schools and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
Vaccines 101: How Vaccines Work
This video is part of a 3 video series focused on the origin of vaccines, how they work, and their role in public health. These videos were produced in collaboration with high school students at San Francisco public schools and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
Vaccines 101: What will it take to develop an HIV vaccine?
What are the challenges to developing an HIV vaccine? How do vaccines work and what are they made of? And come to think of it, how do we know that they work at all! Find out the answers to all of these questions and more in this HIV vaccine video, produced in collaboration with Bridge…
Explaining Ebola: The science behind the outbreak
Learn about the Ebola virus and the current 2014 outbreak. How does the Ebola virus infect humans? Why do certain patients survive and others don’t? What treatments are currently being tested? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this video.
Demystifying HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
PrEP, short for pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a relatively new HIV prevention strategy in which an HIV-negative person takes a daily pill to reduce the risk for HIV infection. PrEP has made headlines recently—and the messages haven’t always been clear. Watch this video to get the facts about how PrEP works and see three PrEP myths…
HIV/AIDS: How Everyone Benefits From Undetectable Viral Load
Suppressing the HIV virus to “undetectable” levels has long played a key role in maintaining the health of people with HIV—and recent research shows it can also dramatically cut HIV transmission risk, with implications for individuals, couples, and populations. Find out how and get the facts in this video. This video was produced in collaboration…
Because You Care About Me
Antibiotic resistance in GCC countries. Because of broad use of antibiotics, bacteria are turning into superbugs! These superbugs are especially prevalent in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Professor David Paterson of UQCCR is leading with his group the first Gulf Cooperation Council-wide network of collaborating hospitals and institutes to study superbugs in the region. Find…