Interesting Topics

Cancer

• MAPK Signal Transduction Flash Animation by Vic Lemas
  
• Cancer Cell Biology test your understanding by reviewing the cases of four patients
• Ras protein and its GTP binding site

HIV - AIDS

• Life cycle of HIV - Attachment
  (all of this information was provided by Jim Sullivan of Cells Alive!)
  
• Cytotoxic T-cell Killing Its Target
  (provided by Jim Sullivan of Cells Alive!)
  
• Life cycle of HIV- Reverse Transcriptase)
  (all of this information was provided by Jim Sullivan of Cells Alive!)
  
• Life cycle of HIV - Viral Protease
  (all of this information was provided by Jim Sullivan of Cells Alive!)
  
• ELISA for HIV (click next and then select animations; continue to click on next until series is finished) Excellent site developed at the University of Arizona.
• Treatments for HIV from McGraw-Hill
• Transcription Mediated Amplification for screening donated blood for HIV
• Scientific American Archive Online for downloading the 2008 articles "Can HIV Be Cured?" and "The Vaccine Search Goes On."
  

Genetic Engineering

• Roslin Institute Home Page
  
• A Portable Gene Gun
  
• Methodology for Making Transgenic Mice
  
• How Cloning Works
  
• Fixing Food

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