EP6 TOPICS: Home Alone? Not in this Lifetime. This episode gives a detailed overview of Demodex mites, the natural microbial flora of the body, and how you get sick from a virus and the mechanisms by which a virion can take over your cell, replicate itself and make you sick.
0:00 Introduction - Dr. Bon teases Lauren about face mites.
0:33 Barb's Patio - the family tries to calm Lauren down about face mites and intestinal bacteria. Whitney is ill with Gina Germ and gets banished by Barb to her bedroom.
3:08 Dr. Bon's Lab - Dr. Bon details the intestinal flora (gut microbiome) and what they do for the human body.
3:42 E. Coli tells you what the intestinal flora (gut microbiome) does for human intestines.
4:28 Dr. Bon discusses probiotics and why they might be needed in your diet.
4:53 Dr. Bon shows you a playback with Barb and Organ City of how Barb ended up with painful gastrointestinal upset by ignoring her dentist's instructions on taking a probiotic along with a broad spectrum antibiotic - and Dr. Bon tells the end of this story.
7:10 Back on Barb's Patio Bon Bon Bip Bop checks Lauren's face for mites.
7:48 Dr. Bon checks on Whitney in her bedroom and finds her arguing with Gina Germ - the virus who infected her.
8:37 Dr. Bon tells you how you catch the common cold (rhinovirus) and then details how a virus infects and cell, replicates itself by molecular hijacking, and eventually makes you sick. She will give a brief overview of how a virus replicates itself by making proteins in the host cell using the cell's ribosomes for translation.
12:43 Find out what's in store for season two how to connect with Dr. Bon
Synopsis:
Dr. Bon teases Lauren about face mites and the family has a heated discussion about the microbes that live on and within the human body. Whitney is ill with Gina Germ, and Dr. Bon explains how that happened - even though Whitney was the careful germaphobe of the family. Dr. Bon shows you how you get sick with a virus and how a virus takes over your cell(s) and makes you sick.
From here, you'll move on to the A & P Tutorial Series for more details.
The next series planned for Dr. Bon's channel is the A& P Tutorial series, which will be more 'tutorial' style and will follow her former lectures of when she taught A&P (for 15+ years). If you are taking Anatomy & Physiology, you should subscribe to this channel for help with your course.
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About Bon Blossman
Author, Professor, Cast Member on Big Rich Texas - Style Network, Bravo, ITV2 (UK), E! (Canada)
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