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Laurence Reed and Jackie de Belleroche discuss schizophrenia – and how functional genomics could help to identify its causes.
Ages: 16-19;
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;
Friedlinde Krotscheck describes how she used a cutting-edge science article from Science in School as the main focus of a teaching unit on the human body.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How does cancer develop, and how can geneticists tell that a cell is cancerous? This teaching activity developed by the Communication and Public Engagement team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK, answers these and other related questions.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Fred Engelbrecht and Thomas Wendt from the ExploHeidelberg Teaching Lab describe some experiments on sugar detection to demonstrate the problems that people with diabetes face every day.
Ages: 16-19;
Winfried Weissenhorn’s group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Grenoble, France, has uncovered a possible way to tackle a range of dangerous viruses –by trapping them inside their cocoons. Claire Ainsworth investigates.
Ages: 16-19;
The goal of this DVD is to show how information collected from patients often allows scientists to achieve a deeper understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of a specific disease. This level of understanding is crucial to developing treatments for disease and, consequently, to relieving…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
The Science Behind Medicines CD-ROM is a teaching resource produced by GlaxoSmithKline and aimed at biology and chemistry teachers of post-16 students. It has sections on drug discovery, structural formulae, bacterial infections, asthma and viral infections.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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Investigating the causes of schizophrenia
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 18
Single molecules under the microscope
Topics: Physics, General science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Health
| Issue 16
Using cutting-edge science within the curriculum: balancing body weight
Topics: Biology, Health, Mathematics
| Issue 16
Can you spot a cancer mutation?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 9
Detecting sugar: an everyday problem when facing diabetes
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 8
Locking the cradle
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 2
Learning from Patients: The Science of Medicine
Topics: Resources
| Issue 2
The Science Behind Medicines
Topics: Resources
