What does the Coronavirus do to your body?
Channel: Science Take-Away
Date: 01/05/2020

This video is part of the "Fast Forward Science" web video competition: https://fastforwardscience.de/ (#FastForwardScience)

During this quarantine, have you ever wondered what really happens when #Coronavirus enters your body from the scientific perspective?

In this educational video from #ScienceTake-Away, we explain how Corona manages to enter your body, how it kidnaps your cells of different organs, and how your immune system sends all its soldiers to fight this infection.

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Cheers!
Kris & Jonas

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Created by
Kristel Martinez Lagunas (Ph.D) (twitter @KrisLagunas)
Jonas M. Klußmann (Ph.D student) 

Music
“Step-Inside“ by Mr. Jonesman

Used references

Papers
https://mmrjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40779-020-00240-0
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8/fulltext
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/itempdf74155353254prod/11938173/COVID-19_Disease__ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin_v3.pdf

Scientific information from official health organizations and educational videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rjyRBw8294
https://www.ibiology.org/microbiology/kshv/#part-2
https://www.ted.com/talks/emma_bryce_how_does_the_immune_system_work#t-186134
https://www.ted.com/talks/marco_a_sotomayor_the_surprising_reason_you_feel_awful_when_you_re_sick#t-31836
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27101/
https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/1238972082756648960