Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Cell vs. Virus: A Battle for Health by Shannon Stiles - Video

Brought to you by Jaime


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqGuJhOeMek

15 comments:

Siji said...

This video was really interesting. There are many types of cells like T cells and B cells, and each cell has so many functions that work together in order for our body to work properly. It is fascinating how the oxygen we breathe goes to the energy source of our cells. Because we have trillions of cells in our body, I wonder how the oxygen can travel to every single one of them.

Rohan said...

This video was extremely informative. I have never seen any other video or article that told me this much. I had no idea that other cells could actually warn eachother for viruses. But do the antybodies actually kill all of the viruses? And is only one antybody released or one for every cel? This seems like a foolproof routine to get rid of viruses, if all of this happens why do we get infected by viruses

Jason G. said...

This video was awesome. I think that many of these things were informative. The idea of the cell taking energy from around it and creating an antibody to fight the virus is amazing. I think that many of the things that are cells do is natural which is amazing! Many of the things that we do everyday are powered by cells. Many of the things that we eat contribute to the cells energy. The things that really matter in this video are the protection from the virus and the process of how the body makes the antibodies to go and fend of the virus. DNA is the first place that enzymes in your body look, they find the right DNA to make antibodies, and they take advantage of it. One big question to me is how do our cells do this everyday naturally...naturally?!

Jenna said...

I thought that this video was very informative. It told me about different parts of a cell and what they are used for. I liked the way all this information was presented too. The pictures and descriptions were easy to understand. I liked all the descriptions and thought the video was very cool.

Ayden said...

This video was very interesting. I think that it is amazing that our cells can take energy, find the code in the DNA, and just turn them into antibodies. The most interesting thing was that cells could warn each other after a virus attacked on of them. And it is just mind-blowing our cells can do all of this. And I agree with Rohan on why we still get infected if we have such good and complicated defense mechanisms. I guess it's because the viruses are very sneaky, and still find ways to infect us.

Matteo said...

This video, just blew my mind,it was very informative and yet, still very entertaining. I think this an excellent introductory cartoon for children. It's entertaining and carries the seeds of larger, more physiologically accurate explanations that can be added and integrated in later layers. I can't help but wonder why we don't get short, well illustrated and animated versions of these types of science videos in addition to cartoons,

Hunter said...

I found this really cool how they drew the cell and I just want to mention that this is how I always thought of the body. It is just so cool. Going back to what Rohan said about still getting infections I think that is just when not all the parts of a cell work together so the cell can't do anything.

Justin G. said...

I found this video very interesting, and it amazed me that the cell's can warn other cells about this virus so they can all create antibiotics for it. I can't help wondering though if this system is so efficient why do we have the problem of virus mutation? It blew my mind that the cell takes energy and makes a code to create an antibiotic. I wonder how this system is so quick too because there are so many cells in the human body, and somehow the oxygen we take in goes to every single one of them. I found it fascinating that the antibiotic gets a protective bubble around it made out of the same material as the cell membrane. My biggest question is can the human body generate enough energy to be able to power this process? It seems that since there are trillions of cells in the body you would not be able to get enough resources to them all. Overall, I think this video was extremely informative and really helped grasp the concept of the human cell.

Justin Y said...

This video was incredible! I learned how everything worked together to keep your body staying smooth and how there are so many different components of how to get the job done. It is strange why we get sick from so long though because we have about 37 trillion of them. Adding on to that, is it like real life in the army where everything is made in order to accomplish one thing all over? How do these cells do this naturally everyday all the time all day long?

Eli said...

This video was stunningly good. It displayed the information extremely well, while still managing to be funny. Not only that, it was explaining everything the perfect amount for me to undertand it. This was all new to me, and I am very interested. I will try to find a website about this topic. Overall, I rate this 11/10 because it gets bonus pints for the artwork.

James G. said...

I think that this video was a great introduction to the science of cells. It was very informative, entertaining, and fun to watch. The video taught me many things about the cells in our body. The fact that we have about 37 trillion cells, it makes you wonder about how we are even able to work as efficiently as we do.

Jaime said...

This video was really cool. I thought that it was interesting how when the membranes see a virus, they alarm the other membranes. And then, it goes to the enzymes, which go to the nucleus, to copy the antibody formula, called the messenger RNA. After they do that then the enzymes carry the messenger RNA to a ribosome. There can be about 10 million ribosomes in one human body. The ribosome will copy the messenger RNA and takes the materials, which are called amino acides, and creates the antibody. The antibodies go to the golgi apparatus, where they get bubbles around them and sent to the membranes. Then they go out to track down the virus. It was unbelievable when I heard that this all happens in a human body!

Rhea M. said...

This post was really interesting to me. It shows you the whole process of how you body reacts to bacteria or respiratory droplets. The cells are made of membranes which protects your cell like a brick wall. The way you get a cold is when the virus hides and sneaks into your body and the cell recognizes that it is a virus and attacks and then it puts up "wanted Posters" so they don't get tricked. Its almost as if your body has a castle protection force. Then it uses the nucleus to make and antibody. The enzymes make the antibodies. they give it to the ribosomes and it creates it. Then it leaves the cell and goes to fight outside the cell to find the virus. I also thought it was cool that the cell uses oxygen and ATP to create their energy.

Julianna said...

Woah, that was cool! The process is very fascinating of how the cells fight for the person they are living in, and not letting any bad bacteria or bad cells come through their "houses." I was really amazed and thankful that in the middle of the video I thanked my cells for doing all this hard work for my body. :) It's also cool how the video talks about a cell wall, which is made of rigid cellulose (what we learned in class). Overall, I this video taught me lots and I really enjoyed it.

Celene A. said...

This was a very cute video. It was very interesting and it taught me a few new things that I hadn't known until just now. I thinks it's a good idea to make a cute animated video to teach important things.