Viruses: Molecular Hijackers

Most of us know about viruses, and that they spread disease. But what is a virus exactly? Is it alive? How does it infect a host? There's a lot to discuss here! Take a look.
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I’m genuinely MAD that my grade 12 class didn’t get to go over viruses more thoroughly, this is absolutely fascinating... wow

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Or did they and you just slept through it? Very few people ever apply what they learned about microbes. I see people touching public items and scratching their face and eating, etc. Not to mention the unnatural close contact some people have with their animals.

[@ucanliv4ever]

In Europe this is covered in the 6th grade

[@krane15]

@@ucanliv4ever In the U.S. as well (at least it was for me), and you get a bit more detail in high school. But its basically single-celled organisms, their structure, and how they function. Viruses are a different animal so to speak. I don't recall them ever going over them.

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Feed a cold starve a Virus. BAK

[@yeetogami2575]

I am studying this topic rn. I'm in grade 11(India)

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As someone who has been in the sciences for 45 years I say ‘thank you’ and rate this as ‘excellent’.

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Then why so many thumbs down? Its just information.

[@eugeniebreida1583]

As one with almost zero scientific background of any significance, I would also rate this as 'excellent'. As, to explain complex matters to a layman is no small feat. I understand much more about where we are in 2020 having seen this scientist's video, and read the comments (with skepticism - granted naive, but I do what I can!)

[@thefireaflame]

I say the same as someone who has been in the sciences for a few minutes.

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[@spaceace1006]

This is some fascinating stuff, eh? A lot of people don't really know the difference between viruses and bacteria! Things like Covid, HIV, and even the Common Cold are caused by viruses! In the DVD case of bacteria, what the bad ones do is to essentially poison the host with nasty chemicals! Botulism is one example! Of course, good bacteria are essential for life! Such as the bacteria in our digestive tract! Some animals are not born with the needed bacteria, so they get it in the form of colostrum! Naked Mole Rats actually have to eat the fecal matter of the mother in order to get the bacteria they need to live!

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Really nice. Please continue what you're doing, you're doing great. I've learned about viruses more from this 10-minute video than 4 years in school.

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Awesome video, thank you so much!! Perfect timing too! Have a microbiology exam on Viruses and biotech next week, need all the help I can get!

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Thanks for the information I founds this very interesting I am just a retired guy trying to understand a bit more about a virus and thanks to your great video I now do.

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[@lizatanzawa7910]

The more I learn about viruses, the creepier they are!!!

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You do an amazing job of teaching and your explaination is....I am just very greatful to have found your youtube. I love learning and can't seem to get enough....I work at a hospital and when I tell the other nurses that a virus is not living, they just all laugh at me, and ask me what school did I graduate from? Keep them coming and thank you.

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[@ushasureshkumawat8535]

Where does the bacteriophage get the energy to 'eject' it's genetic material?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

good question! i think it's an area of active research. but it's certainly due to some kind of conformational changes on the part of some proteins once binding occurs.

[@ushasureshkumawat8535]

Professor I searched on the internet and found this article, 'Myovirus bacteriophages use a hypodermic syringe-like motion to inject their genetic material into the cell. After making contact with the appropriate receptor, the tail fibers flex to bring the base plate closer to the surface of the cell; this is known as reversible binding. Once attached completely, irreversible binding is initiated and the tail contracts, possibly with the help of ATP present in the tail,[4] injecting genetic material through the bacterial membrane. The injection is done through a sort of bending motion in the shaft by going to the side, contracting closer to the cell and pushing back up.' So, they contain ATP from their earlier host.

[@Jordan_Dossou]

@@ushasureshkumawat8535 i saw a video on it recently. I've bee really interested in viruses for some reason recently lol I look up like dozens of articles and watch dozens of videos.

[@vijaysridhar351]

@@Jordan_Dossou could you provide the link to that?

[@krane15]

Through the change in atmospheric pressure.

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[@alansmithee419]

I just find it amazing that nature created something that evolves while not being alive. They're like little robots that copy themselves.

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

alan smithee and kill hosts. Earths white blood cells...

[@KnightOfEternity13]

They ARE alive. It's just currently accepted definition of living is incorrect.

[@baileypanama]

Nature doesn’t create anything because evolution doesn’t exist. Viruses are man made and are advanced. Life doesn’t appear on its own

[@PrInCeSsuk8]

I dont think they know everything

[@dannycastano4282]

This is my theory with respect to viruses. Just as in computer science a computer system and the language it uses is created by an engineer. So they create an Operating system based of complex code and release it to the public to be used for various purposes such as: accounting, data entry, editing programs etc. Then a jealous engineer of the same knowledge level analyses the creators code and decides to engineer another piece of code that will disrupt the functionality of that OS created by the first engineer. This is when a computer becomes infected with a virus and it starts acting crazy. Biological viruses like computer viruses are engineered by someone with the knowledge of DNA coding. This explains how viruses can affect specific parts of a living organism and are designed to disrupt a specific functionality within that organism. This is why you have viruses that attack the liver only (hepatitis), the respiratory system only(influenza and the like), the reproductive system only (gonorrhea) etc. HIV is a master piece of viral engineering affecting a human's Immune system, the system which function is to fight off deseases that infect the human body. This means that from that point forward once infected with HIV the human body will no longer be able to fight deseases on its own and will always need aids from medicines and any deseases threatens the life of the sick person with HIV. Now let's think about who do viruses benefit? I'm a computer engineer but I like Biology.

[@ladyrachel13]

1:25 will forever haunt my dreams. 😱😟

[@AndresGonzalez-dx1vr]

It looks horrifying, like a microscopic robot that is out to hunt down and kill every living being it encounters. But there are good news. Bacteriophages only attack specific bacterias and not living cells. Bacteriophages do not attack human beings as we are too much of a target for them. In fact, right now scientists are researching ways to use bacteriophages to fight bacterial diseases in the body. They are kind of the good guy in this fight.

[@giantsquid2]

They look very alien!

[@dumeeha]

Creepy...

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Thank you for explaining this so well!!

[@taongsak]

It has been 3 years, I just watched it today while COVID-19 invading the world.

[@boufrops6845]

Bacteria 1: captain! Bacteria 2 : yo yo what? (looks at bacteriophage) OH MY GOD! (Pirates of the carribean theme starts)

[@overloader7900]

and then wild phagocyte appears and sinks them all

[@georgebailey7653]

??? ...

[@KamranYounis1]

@@georgebailey7653 He's making a joke....

[@lahlah5247]

Bacteriophage: TARGET SIGHTED!

[@lahlah5247]

*army of phagocytes and bacteriophages arrive*

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[@juanpablocarrascoful]

good video, I would add a little data: there are some viruses that can have a symbiosis with the host cell to the point that they can repair it or save it from death

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This dude out here saving lives

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1:38 RIP Cheeto Puff

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I come from Indonesia. Iam a student in university. Then my lecturer is inviting to watch this video. Awesome

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H1N1 lol too many people arent smart enough to understand this.

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ReeflexTV it’s a flu type/strand

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@N K Idk what you mean "saddest", and you don't need 70IQ just to remember a piece of information... That's not a sad thing. It's just you won't ever need to know what H1N1 in most jobs, so there's no point of learning it

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[@fishsauce7497]

Sometimes I feel like viruses 🦠 are nanobots of Aliens 👽

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[@honey4xi]

Teachers teach the simple lessons of virus along with biology in high schools for teenagers to learn the basics of virology. In colleges, professors teach a varieties of virology than ever before because so much knowledge about viruses and diseases has been updating rapidly. This year 2020, the spreads of corona virus have been escalating serious problems to the world with life, death, fear, confusion, lockdowns, and downward economy since December 2019. KZbin videos about viruses are helpful for individual who wants to learn more.

[@gioflores]

1:33 did that virus just squirt In a Cheeto

[@dbneptune]

Have you done a video on giruses? If not, can you? I think they are a very interesting topic, and would love to learn more about them.

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3:15 rocket made by some hand

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He fr fr is science Jesus

[@ianpollard4501]

Well done. I understood most of what was explained.👌

[@wongtonggongbong2521]

Amazing video for my biology class, thanks.

[@Karyabs]

"A piece of bad news wrapped in protein", Peter Medawar.

[@BlinkinFirefly]

lolllll, excellent description

[@stephentrueman4843]

not necessarily, bacteriophages can used alongside antibiotics to save lives

[@BlinkinFirefly]

@@stephentrueman4843 hmmmmmmm, you got a point tharrrr

[@soldierscaptain6026]

@@stephentrueman4843 Good news for humans and animals, still bad news for bacteria.

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Just like the face hugger in Alien movie.

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Outstanding information . keep it up dude.

[@seeMEloveMesaveMe]

Thank you for sharing. I appreciate your knowledge.

[@alexophobic2655]

I think this went on my recommended page bc of COVID-19 I starting to think this is a powerpoint presentation

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

It isn't. It's a KZbin video.

[@beelzeboss9631]

They're basically glitches in reality

[@jsmith8457]

They aren’t “glitches” but they definitely prove that the MATRIX is real 🐒

[@mikeinmunich8814]

Great stuff Dave! Thanks!

[@daynenof765]

He makes everything so easy to understand

[@redcharget5894]

phage: where do phages come from? Other phage: from bacter.... Other other phage: shh. He’s not allowed to know that

[@ThePhobos100]

That phage image looks like a robot or something mechanical.

[@giantsquid2]

Alien spaceship?

[@tsewangdolker3685]

Beautifully explain... Thnk u sir

[@shashanksingh4454]

Thanks sir. It's useful in studies.

[@acookie1410]

Good thing bacterial phage doesn’t attack human cells 😅

[@thesnatcher3616]

It actually can in some instances. Like Old People. I think it can also sometimes harm good bacteria within your gut or skin.

[@premgupta3627]

Please virus sir don't harm us play a positive role make a doctor's free WORLD

[@lemonlime1355]

this is very interesting! you are a great professor!

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Brilliant presentation Topic explained very lucidly. Gr8 animations

[@avi8aviate]

Viruses were put in a petri dish! But nothing happened!

[@marco_marvelous]

Kirby LOL

[@POP_Tart_Enthusiast]

That spider like virus reminds me of the machine drill from the matrix when it stands up and drills down on the colony..

[@kiatipov]

Well, it has not been depicted like that by chance

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Thank you so much for this amazing explanation sir.

[@unchocoenchina568]

Thanks Dave.....great information!

[@andreas2949]

Wuhan coronavirus brought me here.

[@fungames24]

Me too. But where did that get us?

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Me too xD

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Yeah

[@datoming]

@@fungames24 A report of 2019-nCov genome sequence report shows 4 HIV-like structures in the S protein segment on the viral membrane. This is the site for binding with the host cell RNA to disguise the virus to cross the host cell membrane through "endocytosis". These HIV-like structures have not been observed in other known coronaviruses but are found in HIV virus. This may happen through random mutation in nature. The propability of this freak mutation with not one but four HIV-like protein structures is extremely low and would take a very very long time unless the HIV-like protein structures were the result of manipulation in a high grade biotech lab for example. Even more intriguing is the claims in the US, Thailand and China that few 20019-nCov infected patients responded very well when anti-HIV drugs (e.g. Interferon) are used in combination with supportive treatments . From this very useful video, we can deduce that blocking the HIV-like protein structures on the Wuhan virus prevents the virus's ability to hijack human cells to replicate itself!!!!!

[@chanathip.chamnong]

@@datoming Thank you so much. You summarized everything very well. I just understood things now from your comment.

[@mickshaw555]

The animation for explaining viruses were amazing.

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Great video Dave!

[@linhint6434]

Very informative. Thank you!

[@trancendedmindpalace]

It just seems like magic when you say "they reassemble." An animation showing how the reassembling happens would help it not seem so mystical.

[@150cameron]

There is a video made by Veritasium that shows the copying of DNA on the molecular level. It's amazing how something so complex can be done by little machines that have no capacity to think, just react.

[@daytripperhd]

Well made video. Very educational.

[@nanda-studies]

Thank you so much for your explanation, it is really dynamic and really got me focused. Honestly, I am being "forced" to study biology in english even though it's not my native language bc I can find any good explanations in my language cuz everything they explain is theory, and cells, virus and bacteria aren't things you can learn only reading. Thank you so so much.

[@larrywhitesell4139]

Very nicely done video. the nice graphics and information really clarified a lot of things for me. Did I miss it or did you explain the difference between the RNA/ DNA in the double protein coat capsid in the mitochondria of the cell? There are so many unfamiliar terms, to me, in cellular biology that sometimes I have trouble understanding certain aspects. But thank you, I have learned a great deal from your video! When I said "Did I miss it or did you explain the difference between the RNA/DNA in the double protein coat capsid in the mitochondria of the cell" I meant - Did you explain the difference between viruses and the RNA/DNA in the mitochondria, that have the same structure as viruses have?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Check out my biochemistry playlist for background information on nucleic acids and other topics!

[@larrywhitesell4139]

Okay

[@miquelpoles586]

this is so helpful thank you professor dave!!!!!!!!

[@marikleinen1189]

Thank you for the lesson.

[@apuntes8883]

From a speculative consideration the intonation , pressure , emphasis and accent of his voice is actually not only guiding the viewer or host about the important ideas being presented as he leaves aside other less important but also he seems to even teach how to speak giving to the viewer a particular and colourful profile. Not even to say that in the actual global viral event the Intelligence of viruses also seem at moments to be by the same biological mechanism imprinting changes from the political to the social paradigma.

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You know your channel is interesting and well done when I’m here for entertainment

[@basscaq]

This is the best video i have ever seen about this

[@user-wq3jv5et8d]

The current zoonotic corona virus crisis made me to drop in to remind myself of what virus is all about. A nice video on the subject. Thanks Dave!

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It is really helpful for students!

[@Ayushman155]

Nice explanation. You are a nice teacher

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