|
•
|
Snapshots of Science and Medicine: DNA Chips - A Genetics Lab in the Palm of Your Hand (Grades 9-12)
- An online journal for use in high school classrooms, this issue of Snapshots of Science and Medicine includes an overview DNA Chips - cutting edge tools (also known as DNA microarrays) that are helping scientists to collect tremendous amounts of information about DNA sequences and the genomes of various species. (2001) (Office of Research on Womens Health and Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/newsnapshots/TOC_Chips/toc_chips.html
|
|
|
•
|
Snapshots of Science and Medicine: Xenotransplantation - Using Animal Organs to Save Human Lives (Grades 9-12)
- An online journal for use in high school classrooms, this issue of Snapshots of Science and Medicine includes an overview xenotransplantation and information about its potential benefits and risks. This issue includes: Research in the News, Stories of Discovery, People Doing Science, and Social Impact. (2000) (Office of Research on Womens Health and Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/newsnapshots/TOC_Xeno/toc_xeno.html
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: Prions - Puzzling Infectious Proteins (Grades 9-12)
- Prions cause diseases, but they aren't viruses or bacteria or fungi or parasites. They are simply proteins, and proteins were never thought to be infectious on their own. Organisms are infectious, proteins are not. Or, at least, they never used to be. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/D07612181A4E785B85256CCD0064857B
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: Spinal Cord Injury (Grades 9-12)
- Until recently, many scientists believed that damage to nerve cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) could not be repaired. But within the past few years that attitude has begun to change; experiments with laboratory animals are revealing that some regeneration and recovery might be possible. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/41B8971F1A21A38F85256CCD00631593
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: Creating A Cloned Sheep Named Dolly (Grades 9-12)
- The verb "to clone" refers to the process of creating cloned cells or organisms. The process differs, depending on the kinds of cells used in the cloning procedure and the desired result. (ARCHIVE:1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/BC5086E34E4DBA0085256CCD006F01CB
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: Insights From a Broken Brain (Grades 9-12)
- Explosive powders propelled a three and a half foot long iron rod into Phineas Gage's face. It pierced his left cheek, traveled behind his eye, and flew out the top of his skull. He didn't die. In fact, almost immediately after the accident, Gage could talk and walk. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/B2BB7C9BC636495785256CCD0072EA52
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: Dyslexia Leaves Its Mark (Grades 9-12)
- For a long time people with dyslexia were called dumb or lazy. New research shows that specific brain abnormalities lie at the heart of this learning disability. (ARCHIVE: October 26, 1998) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/63464347915C760A85256CCD006392E5
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: How Do Your Blood Vessels Grow (Grades 9-12)
- The growth of blood vessels is called angiogenesis. The word comes from two Greek words, angeion, which means vessel, and genesis, which means birth. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/52BEB73E7AEACC5F85256CCD007276E1
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: DNA's Role - Tales From the Crypt (Grades 9-12)
- In 1991 two Russians found what they figured might be the burial site of the massacred Russian Imperial Family. They asked scientists to examine the bones using DNA technologies. The findings were published in an article in Nature Genetics. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/7B03A00B7B8D9EA685256CCD00749BD5
|
|
|
•
|
Research in the News: Sports Injuries - In Your Face (Grades 9-12)
- 144,000 children in the United States suffer annually from head injuries in bicycle accidents, and 85% of these injuries would not have occurred had the child worn a helmet. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+Resources/Resource+
Formats/Tutorials+&+Reviews/26DA3B19E6E78D3685256CCD0071BF9F
|
|
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next >> |
