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The new spider-man: no way home trailer has been released. Spider-man is one of the most famous super heroes. But can science explain the super powers of spider man?
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Let's explain the science of spider-man. In the original comics, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider at a science fair. The radioactivity then induced DNA breaks. Although radioactivity can lead to human mutations it does not really explain the super powers of spider man. It is likely that Peter Parker was transformed into spider man by genetically modified spiders. These spiders might cause the creation of spider-man as they might contain retroviruses. Retroviruses are viruses which can integrate their genetic information into their host cells. In the spider-man movies (Spider-man 1-3, the Amazing Spider-man 1-2 and Spider-man Homecoming andSpider-Man No way home) retroviruses might have been transmitted during the spider bite and changed Peter Parker's DNA. This theory partially explains spider-man's spidey sense, as it might lead to the production of spider hair in hair follicle stem cells. It is also possible that these retroviruses might have infected the muscles of Peter Parker making spider-man stronger than average. However, the observed stength of spider-man in the spider-man movies cannot be explained. Although it is physically not possible for spider-man to climb on walls by him self, so-called gecko glothes might enable spider-man that. Although biology, cannot fully explain spider-man, new technologies might at least partially enable his awesome super powers!
0:00-1:01 Intro
1:01 2:29 Spider-Man and Radioactivity
2:29-5:55 Retroviruses Might Explain Spider-Man
5:55-7: 32The Spidey Sense
7:32-9:24 Spider-Man's Strength
9:24-10:49 Climbing Walls
For your reading:
Zhuo, X., & Feschotte, C. (2015). Cross-species transmission and differential fate of an endogenous retrovirus in three mammal lineages. PLoS pathogens, 11(11), e1005279.
Bordenstein, S. R., & Bordenstein, S. R. (2016). Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia. Nature communications, 7(1), 1-10.
Labonte, David, et al. "Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113.5 (2016): 1297-1302.
Hawkes, Elliot W., et al. "Human climbing with efficiently scaled gecko-inspired dry adhesives." Journal of The Royal Society Interface 12.102 (2015): 20140675.
Images:
Some pictures were derived from Servier Medical Art by Servier. You can find over 3000 free medical images here: smart.servier.com
Video clips from Spider-man (2002), Spider-man 2 (2007), the Amazing Spider-Man (2012), the Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man Hoemcoming (2017) were used.
A clip from Stanford YT was shown, youtube.com/watch?v=wETHkxFDmeQ
Music:
Title: Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (CCA 4.0 )
Title: Bread (Prod. by Lukrembo) jazz type beat “marshmallow” soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Title: Rudolph by Lukrembro soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Title: Art of Silence by Uniq soundcloud.com/uniqofficial
Title: Outside Visitors, The Illstrumentalist
Title: Biscuit by Lukrembo soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Title: Way home by Tokyo Music Walker soundcloud.com/user-356546060
Title: Parallel by Ross Budgen youtube.com/channel/UCw5HZUiqgbhO3RFDiVNwwmg (CCA 4.0 )
Title: Black heat by Ross Budgen youtube.com/channel/UCw5HZUiqgbhO3RFDiVNwwmg (CCA 4.0 )
Title: Punch Deck by promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/bkc-ethereal2 (CC BY 3.0)
Title: Helen 2 by Nikos Spiliotis, promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/b-helen-2
Title: Blue boi by Lakey Inspired, promoted by NCM, (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Crimson Fly – Huma Huma – Free
Outro: Brain Trust (Free)
About Clemens Steinek:
CLEMENS STEINEK is a PhD student/youtuber (LifeLabLearner) who is currently conducting stem cell research in Germany.
The new spider-man: no way home trailer has been released. Spider-man is one of the most famous super heroes. But can science explain the super powers of spider man?
🔬 Subscribe for more awesome biomedical research: bit.ly/2SRMqhC
📸 IG: instagram.com/clemens.steinek
🔬Twitter: twitter.com/CSteinek
Let's explain the science of spider-man. In the original comics, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider at a science fair. The radioactivity then induced DNA breaks. Although radioactivity can lead to human mutations it does not really explain the super powers of spider man. It is likely that Peter Parker was transformed into spider man by genetically modified spiders. These spiders might cause the creation of spider-man as they might contain retroviruses. Retroviruses are viruses which can integrate their genetic information into their host cells. In the spider-man movies (Spider-man 1-3, the Amazing Spider-man 1-2 and Spider-man Homecoming andSpider-Man No way home) retroviruses might have been transmitted during the spider bite and changed Peter Parker's DNA. This theory partially explains spider-man's spidey sense, as it might lead to the production of spider hair in hair follicle stem cells. It is also possible that these retroviruses might have infected the muscles of Peter Parker making spider-man stronger than average. However, the observed stength of spider-man in the spider-man movies cannot be explained. Although it is physically not possible for spider-man to climb on walls by him self, so-called gecko glothes might enable spider-man that. Although biology, cannot fully explain spider-man, new technologies might at least partially enable his awesome super powers!
0:00-1:01 Intro
1:01 2:29 Spider-Man and Radioactivity
2:29-5:55 Retroviruses Might Explain Spider-Man
5:55-7: 32The Spidey Sense
7:32-9:24 Spider-Man's Strength
9:24-10:49 Climbing Walls
For your reading:
Zhuo, X., & Feschotte, C. (2015). Cross-species transmission and differential fate of an endogenous retrovirus in three mammal lineages. PLoS pathogens, 11(11), e1005279.
Bordenstein, S. R., & Bordenstein, S. R. (2016). Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia. Nature communications, 7(1), 1-10.
Labonte, David, et al. "Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113.5 (2016): 1297-1302.
Hawkes, Elliot W., et al. "Human climbing with efficiently scaled gecko-inspired dry adhesives." Journal of The Royal Society Interface 12.102 (2015): 20140675.
Images:
Some pictures were derived from Servier Medical Art by Servier. You can find over 3000 free medical images here: smart.servier.com
Video clips from Spider-man (2002), Spider-man 2 (2007), the Amazing Spider-Man (2012), the Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man Hoemcoming (2017) were used.
A clip from Stanford YT was shown, youtube.com/watch?v=wETHkxFDmeQ
Music:
Title: Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (CCA 4.0 )
Title: Bread (Prod. by Lukrembo) jazz type beat “marshmallow” soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Title: Rudolph by Lukrembro soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Title: Art of Silence by Uniq soundcloud.com/uniqofficial
Title: Outside Visitors, The Illstrumentalist
Title: Biscuit by Lukrembo soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Title: Way home by Tokyo Music Walker soundcloud.com/user-356546060
Title: Parallel by Ross Budgen youtube.com/channel/UCw5HZUiqgbhO3RFDiVNwwmg (CCA 4.0 )
Title: Black heat by Ross Budgen youtube.com/channel/UCw5HZUiqgbhO3RFDiVNwwmg (CCA 4.0 )
Title: Punch Deck by promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/bkc-ethereal2 (CC BY 3.0)
Title: Helen 2 by Nikos Spiliotis, promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/b-helen-2
Title: Blue boi by Lakey Inspired, promoted by NCM, (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Crimson Fly – Huma Huma – Free
Outro: Brain Trust (Free)
About Clemens Steinek:
CLEMENS STEINEK is a PhD student/youtuber (LifeLabLearner) who is currently conducting stem cell research in Germany.
