- A BBC article on antibiotics resistance 'as big a risk as terrorism
- These website will provide you with lots of information on your immune system with key definitions
- Good animation and quiz on the immune response
- Another animation on our immune response
- BBRSC video Biology in the real – Fighting fit: how exercise affects your immunity and susceptibility to infection
- This interactive is a simple version of what might happen when a virus (rotavirus) and bacteria commonly found on the skin get into the body
- A great site that looks at your amazing immune system and how it protects your body
- Lots of useful information on infectious diseases infectious diseases
- A BBC article regarding the baby born with HIV, but who appears to have been successfully treated.
- Article on simple, non-invasive stomach cancer testing: new thoughts
- Very good background reading on type II Diabetes
- This article on the nation's 5 biggest killers provides good background reading. Have an 'informed mind', and see what you think of the quality of the survey, and the patterns that you see.
- A slightly gruesome video called monsters inside me. Please do not watch if you are squeamish!
- The Malaria Challenge game explores the five major stages of the malaria lifecycle, highlighting the role of the Plasmodium parasite at each stage. The resource predominantly focuses on Plasmodium falciparum but does also make reference to other Plasmodium species including Plasmodium vivax.
- Information on malaria from the Wellcome trust
- BBRSC video Biology in the real world - Out with the old, in with the new? A vaccine for tuberculosis
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