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Learn how fluorescence microscopy can illuminate our gut microbiome and its role in cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A real-life version of proton torpedoes, popularized in Star Wars, offer an alternative to radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Learn how fluorescent biosensors can monitor the chemistry inside living cells.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn,” Benjamin Franklin once said. Make that quote yours and involve your students in a real cancer-research project that will teach them more than just genetics and cell death.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
For doctor Stefan Pfister, efforts to cure cancer happen at the hospital and in the laboratory.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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;
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;
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;
Joan Massagué has discovered secrets that can save lives. An expert in cell division and the spread of cancer, he is one of the 50 most quoted researchers in all scientific fields. He speaks to Sarah Sherwood about his recent work on metastasis and his hopes for a cure for cancer.
Ages: 16-19;
| Issue 60
Shedding light on the gut microbiome
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
| Issue 55
Death Star or cancer tumour: proton torpedoes reach the target
Topics: Engineering, Health, Physics, Science and society, Careers in STEM
| Issue 36
Cellular redox – living chemistry
Topics: Understand, Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 31
Cell spotting – let’s fight cancer together!
Topics: Biology
| Issue 28
Doctor in the morning, researcher in the afternoon
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 23
Exploding chromosomes: how cancer begins
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 16
Can you spot a cancer mutation?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 8
On the trail of a cure for cancer
Topics: Profiles
