Cancer immunotherapy – redefining vaccines
Activities
Other activities
US National Institutes of Health (USA)
Cancer and the cell cycle – students use resources to help explain how cancer develops.
Cancer as a multistep process – students use a simulation to test several hypotheses about the development of cancer.
The immune system and cancer vaccines – an interactive tutorial on the role of the immune system in treating cancer.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA)
Cancer: Animations – a series of animations about cancer.
Cancer Quest (Emory University, USA)
Cancer treatment: The GRID! – a game in which students test their knowledge about a range of cancer treatments.
The Curriculum Corporation (Australia)
Ian Frazer discusses the cervical cancer vaccine, 2008 – Ian Frazer discusses research that led to the development of the Gardasil vaccine. (Note: Access is restricted to Australian and New Zealand schools.)
Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory (USA)
Inside cancer: Multimedia guide to cancer biology – a series of animations that describe aspects of cancer. Includes the sections 'Hallmarks of cancer', 'Causes and prevention', 'Diagnosis and treatment' and 'Pathways to cancer'.
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Posted September 2008.