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This site from KidsHealth provides good suggestions on how to keep from itching too much while sick with the chicken pox.

This is a brief Nobel E-Museum biography on Wendell Meredith Stanley, the scientist and co-recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Read about his education, as well as his contributions to various scientific studies through which...

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Animation studio that specializes in medical illustration lets you explore the structure and function of plant cells and animal cells, using videos and interactive graphics with clickable parts that lead to more detail.

The Classroom of the Future provides a nice activity integrating many subject areas. Students work in groups to research outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya, and determine actions to control and prevent its spread. Background...

A self-paced lesson on infectious diseases including bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections. Each disease featured discusses symptoms and treatment.

Read about Jonas Salk and the development of the polio vaccine. This article from the MIT Invention Dimension includes several links to further information on the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Salk Institute for...

Here's a chance to learn while coloring! Read about HIV infection of cells and then color the corresponding diagram to help you remember.

This unit will allow you to have a broader idea about microorganism, people and the ecosystem. It contains 16 interactive activities.

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Wikipedia provides a detailed, up-to-date overview of avian influenza that focuses on the infection, how it is spread to humans as well as its impact on humans, prevention and treatment, and more.

Online biology textbook illustrates the control of gene expression. Includes information on the role DNA plays in this study of science.

Test the efficacy of different types of hand hygiene to stem the transmission of diseases by conducting an experiment using variables and a control group.

A Science Odyssey biography of Jonas Salk from PBS, noted medical scientist who discovered the vaccine for polio. Easy to read format with link to "Paralyzing Polio," a colorfully animated and interactive comic strip. Links also...

Learn about the ELISA test in this learning module. Explore how the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test can be used to see if certain antigens are present.

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Site containing information about adult Hodgkin's disease, or Hodgkin's lymphoma, with related links.

Site containing information about childhood Hodgkin's disease.

This site has numerous pictures of microscopic images. It also has a search engine so you can find specific objects. Images were captured with light microscopes, as well as electron microscopes.

There are many types of microorganisms which cause many diseases. Humans, animals, and plants may be affected by these bad microorganisms. Some of these illnesses are severe, but some can be treated and cured with the right medicines.

Do you the factors that cause a disease to spread? In this simulation, figure out how to counter the spread of diseases!