Biotechnology

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AQA (11) | Case Study (1) | Edexcel (18) | External Publication (1) | Guidance (3) | Learning Activity (5) | OCR (29) |

AQA (Showing 2 of 11 available)

•   PennHealth: VaccinesWeb link
  Narrated animation from the University of Pennsylvania website describing the principles of vaccination.
  
•   ABPI: Cloning and EthicsWeb link
  Resource from the ABPI website with links to articles on cloning, including the ethical debate and the story of Dolly the sheep.
  

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Case Study (Showing 1 of 1 available)

•   Cloning: a life of DollyWeb link
  Website from the Roslin Institute which tells the story of Dolly the sheep in straightforward terms.
  

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Edexcel (Showing 8 of 18 available)

•   ABPI: Cloning and EthicsWeb link
  Resource from the ABPI website with links to articles on cloning, including the ethical debate and the story of Dolly the sheep.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Gene Therapy DebateWeb link
  The ABPI highlights the debate surrounding the use of gene therapy to treat diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis. Encourages learners to discuss the issues.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Gene TherapyWeb link
  Information from the ABPI about how the use of gene therapy is providing the basis of inherited disease prevention, as well as treating other diseases such as cancers.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Pharmaceutical IndustryWeb link
  A series of pages from the ABPI exploring the pharmaceutical industry, the drugs and medicines that they make and how they make them.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Cloning and EthicsWeb link
  A series of pages from the ABPI exploring what cloning is, what it can do and what the future holds, including issues for debate and topical ideas.
  
•   UPD8: Fertilisation with three parentsWeb link
  A PowerPoint activity with teachers' notes exploring the ethics behind genetic engineering of human clones to aid research, from the UPD8 website.
  
•   ABPI: Stem Cell ResearchWeb link
  Website from ABPI with multiple links explaining the basics of stem cell research, including its application and implications.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Cloning - Dolly the SheepWeb link
  Information from the ABPI about cloning and Dolly the sheep, including the ethical debate surrounding cloning and reproductive research.
  

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External Publication (Showing 1 of 1 available)

•   Genetic modification and the environment: scientific certainties and uncertaintiesWeb link
  Six page Natural Environment Research Council 'briefing note', outlining GM terminology, some potential advantages of genetically modified organisms, GM crop trials, concerns about GMOs, and three bri...
  

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Guidance (Showing 3 of 3 available)

•   Assisted Conception Unit: Guys and St Thomas' HospitalWeb link
  Webpage of Guys and St Thomas' Hospital Assisted Conception Unit. Links to explanations and flowcharts of fertility treatments and health issues in the news.
  
•   Human Cloning: The issues explained - Guardian newspaperWeb link
  Guardian newspaper website article summarising legal, scientific and ethical issues arising from the human cloning controversy. With links to other articles in the Issues Explained series, other relat...
  
•   Nuffield Council on Bioethics: ethical issues in contemporary scienceWeb link
  Webpage of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics which examines ethical issues raised by new developments in biology and medicine. Publish free reports on issues such as GM crops, stem cell research and g...
  

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Learning Activity (Showing 4 of 5 available)

•   Industrial Uses of Enzymes: an ICT research exerciseWeb link
  Webpage from Sciencepages.co.uk, a website for teachers to share science teaching resources. This page contains an ICT research exercise on the industrial uses of enzymes, with links to information an...
  
•   Cloning: How it works, an interactive guideWeb link
  Interactive flash presentation illustrating and describing the cloning process. From the Guardian Unlimited website.
  
•   ABPI: Stem Cell ResearchWeb link
  Website from ABPI with multiple links explaining the basics of stem cell research, including its application and implications.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Cloning and EthicsWeb link
  A series of pages from the ABPI exploring what cloning is, what it can do and what the future holds, including issues for debate and topical ideas.
  

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OCR (Showing 9 of 29 available)

•   ABPI: Cloning and EthicsWeb link
  Resource from the ABPI website with links to articles on cloning, including the ethical debate and the story of Dolly the sheep.
  
•   PennHealth: VaccinesWeb link
  Narrated animation from the University of Pennsylvania website describing the principles of vaccination.
  
•   ABPI: Stem Cell ResearchWeb link
  Website from ABPI with multiple links explaining the basics of stem cell research, including its application and implications.
  
•   UPD8: Fertilisation with three parentsWeb link
  A PowerPoint activity with teachers' notes exploring the ethics behind genetic engineering of human clones to aid research, from the UPD8 website.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Pharmaceutical IndustryWeb link
  A series of pages from the ABPI exploring the pharmaceutical industry, the drugs and medicines that they make and how they make them.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Gene TherapyWeb link
  Information from the ABPI about how the use of gene therapy is providing the basis of inherited disease prevention, as well as treating other diseases such as cancers.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Gene Therapy DebateWeb link
  The ABPI highlights the debate surrounding the use of gene therapy to treat diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis. Encourages learners to discuss the issues.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Cloning - Dolly the SheepWeb link
  Information from the ABPI about cloning and Dolly the sheep, including the ethical debate surrounding cloning and reproductive research.
  
•   ABPI for Schools: Stem Cell ResearchWeb link
  A series of pages from the ABPI explaining what stem cell research is and what it involves, as well as what its possibilities may be and the ethical issues.
  

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