Swine Flu Pandemic

An understanding of pandemics and how they are managed is part of the new AS syllabus. The Sky News website has lots of useful information about the current swine flu pandemic. Click here to go to the website. If you scroll down through the information you can find out more about the virus, how it is transmitted, the definition of a pandemic, advice on what to do if you suspect you may have Swine Flu. They are using antiviral drugs to treat this flu. Click here to find out how these are different to antibiotics.

Genetic engineering (Edexcel A2)

To be able to answer questions on genetic engineering really well you need to be clear about the steps in the process. This link will take you to a revision site which covers these really well. Click here to visit the site.

On the same site is some useful additional information on genetically engineered chymosin beyond that which we discussed in class. It includes a clear diagram showing how the chymosin that the cheese industry now uses was developed. Click here to go to the link.

Worlds First pregnant man?

Read this news story and understand the science behind this recently reported news story. click here

Tissue regeneration

Read a story about a man who's regrown his finger tip with the help of some pig extract. A feat all 2 year olds are capable of but not adult humans!!! story

Human cloning gets a step closer

A new technique has been developed in whole animal cloning that could pave the way for human cloning. read more

Fossil record found in Snake evolution

Very Relevent to year 10 evolution module. Read here how a limestone fossil of a bipedal reptile (2 legged snake) helps with a bit more of the story of how the limbless reptiles first evolved.

Fighting back against antibiotic resistant Bacteria

Scientists think they have discovered a mutation that allows bacteria to become resistant to some antibiotics. This could lead to them being able to restore antibiotics like penecillins full effectiveness read here