Related links

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Cells

How cells divide.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/div
ide.html#

Meiosis in an animal cell.

http://www.johnkyrk.com/meiosis.html

Find out more about cells.

http://www.bscb.org/?url=softcell/index

Videos, information and lessons on the heart and lungs.

http://www.smm.org/heart/humanBody/cellL
ab.html

A visual tour of cells, bacteria, viruses and their interaction with one another.

http://www.cellsalive.com/

Queen Mary's Computer Science department on the ways computer scientists and biologists can learn from each other.

http://www.cs4fn.org/biology/cells/

Medical Research

Cancer Research UK is a charity dedicated to cancer research. Their website has a wealth of information about cancer.

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/youthan
dschools/

Find out about stem cell research at Queen Mary College, University of London.

http://www.icms.qmul.ac.uk/stemcell/inde
x.html

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is a charity dedicated to all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis.

http://www.cftrust.org.uk/aboutcf/whatis
cf/

Find out more about Cystic Fibrosis.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/c
ystic1.shtml

Find out about the types of Ichthyosis, including Harlequin Ichthyosis.

http://www.ichthyosis.org.uk/

Find out more about infertility and fertility treatments.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/fertility

Ethics

Find out more about The ProLife Alliance and their opinions.

http://www.prolife.org.uk/

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority regulates and oversees safe and appropriate practice in fertility treatment and embryo research.

http://www.hfea.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/hfea

The Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics exists to help Catholics and others to explore the Church's position on bioethical issues.

http://www.linacre.org/

CORE is a public interest group focusing on ethical dilemmas surrounding human reproduction, particularly the new technologies of assisted conception.

http://www.corethics.org/

FRAME aims to eliminate laboratory animal use, through the development, validation and acceptance of replacement alternative methods.

http://www.frame.org.uk/

Pro-Test campaign in favour of continued animal testing and in support of scientific research.

http://www.pro-test.org.uk/

BBC Resource on Animal Experimentation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/a
nimalexperiments/index.shtml

BEEP supports the teaching and learning of bioethics.

http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/index.php

AboutAnimalTesting contains over 60 articles written by their experts who continually update and add new content.

http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/

Careers

Find out more about careers in healthcare.

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/

Find out more about careers in medical science.

http://www.academicmedicine.ac.uk/

Find out what it's really like working in the NHS, as anything from a clinical psychologist to an electrician, a midwife to an IT analyst.

http://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/index.a
spx

General

Ask any biology question and get an answer off a professional scientist.

http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/

Find out more about At-Bristol, and explore their website to discover more about 'Your Amazing Brain', optical illusions, 'Alcohol and You' and more...

http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/

An exhibition celebrating women who taught and studied at Queen Mary, University of London.

http://www.women.qmul.ac.uk/

The British Biology Olympiad tries to challenge and stimulate gifted students with an interest in Biology to expand and extend their talents.

http://www.biology-olympiad.org.uk