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 ...
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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they're probably trying to make this video more interesting for a younger crowd. it's a cool animation, but i wish he didn't use the word "things" that much.
@Tottte This is unlike H1N1 ("Swine Flu"). The H and N stand for proteins found on the outside of the cell membrane (H is short for for hemagglutinin and N means for neuraminidase) and the 1 is a subtype (H 1,2,3/N 1,2 are commonly found in humans).
Swine flu is a new strain of virus, so it was considered dangerous because it attacks the respiratory system. It is deadly to old, pregnant and obese people. It is also deadly to infants and toddlers below the age of five.
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Swine flu is a new strain of virus, so it was considered dangerous because it attacks the respiratory system. It is deadly to old, pregnant and obese people. It is also deadly to infants and toddlers below the age of five.