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Stem Cell Research
Produced by the new economics foundation (nef), this resource contains activities that help students to discuss and understand stem cell research. The materials contain teacher guidance, student information and a range of activities that promote discussion and debate.
Students use the materials to learn...
Stem Cell Research
This poster illustrates how to culture adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells and the process of therapeutic stem cell cloning.
Stem Cell Research: The Issue
This resource, from Teachers TV, describes the use of stem cell research in the development of treatments for disease such as Parkinson's disease.
Stephen Cuff suffers from Parkinson's Disease. The video describes...
Stem Cell Research: The Lesson
Produced by Teachers TV, this video shows science teacher, Teresa Bennett, delivering a lesson around the controversial issue of embryonic stem cell research.
Using the supporting video, which tells the story of a...
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Stem cell therapy
Spinal cord injuries can have devastating consequences because damage to the spinal cord inhibits or even prevents impulses being carried between the central and peripheral nervous system.
In this activity students...
The topic of stem cells has been a matter of great debate for our generation. No other subject straddles the line between life and death such as the question over the validity of the use of stem cells to improve the lives...
Stem Cells
This booklet focuses on research funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) into stem cells, including the exciting potential these have for repairing damaged body tissues and replacing them with healthy new cells. It also discusses challenges surrounding stem cell research and what the MRC is doing to address...
Stem cells
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What are stem cells and why are they so vital?
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Stem Cells - Science and Ethics
From the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), this booklet looks at stem cell science and the legal and ethical issues of research using stem cells. Designed primarily for post-16 students to use themselves, the resource also contains classroom activities. Teachers notes support the...