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Brain tumours are one of the most common causes of death in children – and may begin when chromosomes are torn apart during cell division.
Ages: 16-19;
In popular TV detective series, genetic fingerprinting is commonly used to identify criminals. Sara Müller and Heike Göllner-Heibült take a look behind the scenes.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
The topic of polymers is often limited to chemistry lessons. The Establish project offers some hands-on activities to investigate these materials and some of their medical applications.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
When your doctor prescribes you a tablet and you get better, was it really the drug or could it have been the colour of the tablet? Andrew Brown investigates the placebo effect.
Ages: 16-19;
Cancer and stem cells are both topical issues. But have you heard of cancer stem cells? As Massimiliano Mazza explains, this concept may revolutionise the treatment of cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Matt Kaplan investigates the horrors that dwell within us – should we be changing our view of them?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight European inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members.
Ages: not applicable;
Laurence Reed and Jackie de Belleroche discuss schizophrenia – and how functional genomics could help to identify its causes.
Ages: 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration of research organisations. Eleanor Hayes, Editor-in-Chief of Science in School, reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members.
Ages: not applicable;
Would it not be fascinating to observe and manipulate individual molecules? Patrick Theer and Marlene Rau from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory explain how, with an atomic force microscope, you can do just this. You could even build your own.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Exploding chromosomes: how cancer begins
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 22
Genetic fingerprinting: a look inside
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Polymers in medicine
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 21
Just the placebo effect?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 20
Healthy horrors: the benefits of parasites
Topics: Biology, General science, Health
| Issue 20
Google, guts and gravity
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space, Health
| Issue 19
Investigating the causes of schizophrenia
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 19
Rockets, genomes and particle accelerators
Topics: News from the EIROs, Biology, Astronomy / space, Health
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Single molecules under the microscope
Topics: Physics, General science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Health
