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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Computational Exploration of Protein Function

For Students 9th - 10th
The DNA in our cells contains our "blueprints," but it's the proteins in our cells that do most of the work. The Human Genome Project has allowed us to start reading the blueprints, but we still don't understand what most of the proteins...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Bacterial Transformation Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
Is it possible to take advantage of microorganism's sophisticated makeup, short doubling times and cheap growth media to mass produce medically and commercially useful proteins? This is possible with a few simple genetic manipulations....
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Radio 4: Seeds of Trouble

For Students 9th - 10th
Two summaries are provided of radio broadcasts concerning the ongoing political debate over genetically modified foods. Links to the actual radio broadcasts are also provided.