University of Arizona
Biology Project: Karyotyping Activity
If you want an interactive way to practice karyotyping, this is it. There are three patient histories and karyotypes to use in diagnosing human genetic disorders. There is enough information on comparing chromosomes to get you started.
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Science.ca: Irene Ayako Uchida
Irene Ayako Uchida is a Canadian geneticist famous for her research into the chromosomal abnormality that indicates Down Syndrome. This is both a biographical profile, with a short video interview, as well as an explanation of the...
A&E Television
History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...