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Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body
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Uploaded on Oct 23, 2009
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 cell into making a million more viruses.
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Credit: Robert Krulwich, David Bolinsky, Jason Orfanon
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Disposification 1 month ago
No, you're not. You've only attained new knowledge.
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olesto 1 month ago
"Most of the time"... AIDS
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anin alhizn 2 days ago
fantastic ... many thanks..
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Howard Smith 2 days ago
The white blood cells dont quite streach out like that, they manipulate their shape to be able to 'eat' the virus/bacteria, and uses enzymes to dygest them. And it's not the fastest of proccesses but it's still faster than the virus' can abuse your cells to multiply.
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WildCatClaws 3 days ago
Oh haha me too!
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rory12349 3 days ago
i mean i am smarter now that i have watched this
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Dawid Buldyński to Polak?
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WildCatClaws 6 days ago
Then why are you watching this? You're obviously trying to LEARN more.
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eat garlic.
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Well fuck that to much meby 4000 is ok but 180000 fuck!!!
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31415equalspi 1 week ago
You would need an electron microscope with prices ranging from $4000 to $180000.
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Gerardaxe 1 week ago
That immune system cell scared the crap out of me when it "ate" the virus :o
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