The H1N1 Swine Flu: A Look Inside

The H1N1 swine flu virus has become a pandemic. James Williams takes a look at where the swine flu originated and what happens to the virus once it gets inside our bodies.


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HIV Virus Replication Animation

Description of the process how the HIV virus penetrated to our CD4 cells.



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Introduction to Microbiology Culture Techniques

This lecture describes blood, urine and skin/soft tissue cultures, focusing on the types of media, sample collection processes, culture procedures, as well as speciation and susceptibility testing. Basic staining procedures, such as the simple stain, gram stain, spore stain, negative stain, and acid fast stain are briefly discussed. Included in the staining procedure descriptions are explanations of the organisms that the stains identify. In addition to staining procedures, biochemical tests used for differentiating bacteria are covered. Concluding the lecture are some facts about fungi and viruses, focusing on the current 2009 novel H1N1 influenza pandemic.

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HIV Lifecycle Animation

For its exhibit at the 2002 International AIDS Conference in Barcelona,GlaxoSmithKline commissioned a three minute film on the life of cycle of the HIV virus,with an emphasis on the mechanism of the integrase molecule in its role in inserting the AIDS virus genome into the host T-cell DNA.