Videos tagged with "infectiousdisease"
Learning from the 2009 flu pandemic
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains how a WHO-led project analysing the 2009 pandemic will help us plan for future flu outbreaks. (Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 27 February 2013)
A new strategy for treating infections
Professor Sunil Shaunak explains how controlling excessive immune responses could reduce deaths from bacterial infections.
Polio’s last stand
A new study by Professor Nick Grassly evaluates the impact of new vaccines on efforts to eradicate polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Extract 2 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 11 July 2012)
Real-time bacterial infection
The in vivo imaging facility in Imperial's new MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection tracks a mouse bacterial infection over 11 days, showing how the disease spreads throughout the body and how the animal successfully fights off infection.
Biting back against malaria
Professor George Christophides and Dr Tony Nolan discuss their efforts to prevent mosquitoes from spreading malaria. (Extract 2 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 18 April 2012)