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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Obesity: The Fate of Fat
See how dietary fat from food we eat travels through the digestive system, and gets packaged and stored in the human body. [2:07]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive
Explore careers in biological science. This site is run by Howard Hughes Medical Institute and includes many types of virtual laboratories, animations, virtual exhibits, and interactive activities.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Rhinovirus
Want to see a 3D model of the main cause of the common cold, the rhinovirus? This site contains an interactive 3D model of this RNA genome virus. Site also contains a STL file that can be used to print the model to a 3D printer.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: The Molecular Evolution of Gene Birth and Death
An advanced instructional activity that describes the role of mutations in the birth and death of genes. It includes background information, examples, video clips, and animations.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Using Dna to Trace Human Migration
A slideshow tracing human migration to show that "all living humans originated from populations of ancestors who migrated out of Africa less than 100,000 years ago. Learn how scientists have used genetic markers to trace the migration...
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Infectious Disease: Bacterial Conjugation
Learn how bacteria can transfer genetic material to other bacteria through conjugation. [0:23]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: Tri Nucleotide Repeat
A narrated animation demonstrating a the DNA replication problem, trinucleotide repeat. Video [1:08]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Virochip Microarray Explained
Through this series of lecture videos, the creator of the Virochip technology explains how the chip detects viruses using synthetic DNA and how this technology can be useful in the medical field.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Understanding Sequence Assembly
A series of lecture clips helps explain how DNA sequencing is done by using the analogy of shredding multiple copies of a book and then reassembling the text by finding overlapping fragments. The ultimate goal of DNA sequencing is to...
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Using the Scientific Process to Study Human Evolution
View a real-life use of the scientific process by looking at Paleoanthropology in this Click and Learn. The Click and Learn is an interactive slideshow.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Bcr Abl: Abl Kinase Domain
An interactive 3D model of BCR-ABL which is an unregulated kinase that causes cancer. The site also includes an STL file that can be used to print the model to a 3D printer.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dasatinib
This interactive is a 3D model of dasatinib, "a drug that can inhibit BCR-ABL and Gleevec-resistant BCR-ABL". The site also contains files that can be downloaded for 3D printing.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dengue Virus
This site has a 3D model of the RNA genome virus, Dengue. This virus causes dengue fever in humans and is mosquito-borne. The site also includes a file to download to print to a 3D printer.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Nodamura Virus
This site contains an interactive 3D model of Nodamura. This virus primarily affects insects and fish and is an RNA genome virus.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Explore Your Inner Animals
Did you know parts of our body was inherited from distant animal ancestors? In this interactive students will investigate different anatomical features of the human body to reveal our evolutionary history. Learn how humans share...
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: How We Get Our Skin Color Interactive
This is an interactive video that describes the factors that affect our skin color. There are five points in the video where students can pause the video to learn further information about the concepts discussed. [3:32]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Drug Adherence and Resistance
This series of video lectures (in brief clips) and personal accounts stress the importance of drug adherence for patients on drug regimens for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab
Students explore the evolution of the anole lizard in this virtual lab. Students will collect and analyze data during the virtual lab that focuses on evolutionary biology and includes adaptation, convergent evolution, phylogenetic...
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Great Transitions Interactive
A Click and Learn that explores transitional fossils that provide key evidence for evolution. Use this slideshow to understand how small steps were required to make big evolutionary changes.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Leading Edge Bioinformatics
Peter Skewes-Cox, and Dr. Graham Ruby, both in the DeRisi lab, explain state-of-the-art DNA sequencing and bioinformatic technologies. [6:36]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Paleoclimate: A History of Change
Learn about the history of Earth's climate in this Click and Learn. Learn how many factor control Earth's climate. Specifically, examine two of the most important factors: solar radiation and the composition of Earth's atmosphere.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Cells of the Immune System
Slideshow with embedded video and audio explains our immune system and how it works. Includes a worksheet handout.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dna: Teacher Guide
This curriculum guide assists in filtering through the vast available resources from BioInteractive and HHMI and organizes the material according to various topics related to DNA, including DNA structure, replication, and repair.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Gleevec Resistant Bcr Abl: Abl Kinase Domain
This site has an interactive 3D model of gleevec-resistant BCR-ABL which is a mutated form of BCR-ABL. Also found on the site is an STL file to 3D print the model.