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Pbs Learning Media: Sickle Versus Normal Cell

For Students 6th - 8th
Background image of normal disc-shaped red blood cells from the University of Utah. Inset shows sickled red blood cells, curved and rigid, from the Virginia Medical College.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Cancer Gene We All Have

For Students 9th - 10th
Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide. This learning module explains how these genes can sometimes mutate, making those cells less...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Cancer Grows

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the growth of a carcinoma from initial mutation to widespread metastasis in this feature from the NOVA: "Cancer Warrior" Web site.