Resources by Wellcome Trust
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The story of pharma
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These articles look at the history and development of drug making, and what has been learned by scientists on the way |
The X Bacteria
In this practical protocol students investigate one way in which bacteria acquire antibiotic resistance through conjugation - horizontal gene transfer from one bacterial strain or species to another.
Plasmid-mediated evolution is fast because whole functional ‘modules’ are lost and gained, rather than the...
Thinking
Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. The human brain may be the most complex structure in the universe.
The brain is so powerful that it is attempting to...
Transport
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Haemoglobin is a vital protein that transports oxygen around our bodies – how does it do this, and what role does the structure of proteins play in transport across cell membranes? |
Transporting cholesterol around the body
Video animation explaining how cholesterol moves around the body.
Trypanosomiasis Life Cycle
Two animations, from the Wellcome Trust, illustrate the life cycle of the trypanosomiasis protozoan parasite. They illustrate the journey of these single celled parasites, which cause human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, from the gut of the tsetse fly...
Tuberculosis - Infection and Transmission
From the Wellcome Trust, this animation shows how the human immune system attempts to contain a tuberculosis infection and how the bacteria are transmitted to new people.
Tuberculosis usually affects the respiratory...
Unintended consequences
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Look at some examples of unintended consequences from the use of statistics, covering communication, miscalculation, sampling error and reporting risk. |
Using imaging to understand the brain
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Learn about the different imaging techniques used to support research and diagnosis of disease. |
Valuable Lessons - Engaging with the Social Context of Science in Schools
This document presents the executive summary and findings of a report which was carried out by a team from the Institute of Education, University of London, for the Wellcome Trust and published in 2001. It investigates how, and in which curriculum subjects, controversies arising from bioscience are tackled in...