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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: The Cardiology Lab
A fascinating interactive laboratory in which simulations allow students to explore techniques of cardiac diagnosis and learn about cardiac structure/function. Excellent supporting information and resources for teachers and students.
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: Neurons in Parietal Cortex Are Active During Straddling
Through a simple animation of a cat straddling an obstacle, learn about the activity of the neurons in parietal cortex. [1:03]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Animation: Triplet Code
Once the structure of DNA was discovered, the next challenge was determining how the sequence of letters coded for the 20 amino acids could make protein. In theory, one or two letters can only code for 4 or 16 amino acids, respectively....
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dengue Virus Life Cycle
In this narrated animation, watch the dengue virus undergo RNA replication and protein transcription as it matures inside a human cell ultimately causing the infectious disease. [4:12]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dna: Animations
A menu of video animations of DNA replication, transcription, structure, sequencing, and related topics.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Making of the Fittest: Co Evolution of Genes & Culture
Follow human geneticist Spencer Wells, Director of the Genographic Project of the National Geographic Society, as he tracks down the genetic changes associated with the ability to digest lactose as adults, tracing the origin of the trait...
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Animation: Translation
See this close-up animation showing how ribosomes carry out translation to make a particular proteins. [3:04]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Regulation of Eukaryotic Dna Transcription
General transcription factors, activators, and repressors interact to regulate the transcription of eukaryotic DNA into RNA. [2:05]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Dna: Sickle Cell Anemia
Find out about the genetic blood disorder, sickle cell anemia, in this short narration. [0:59]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: Development of the Human Embryonic Brain
A narrated animation showing the growth of the human brain during fetal development. [1:40]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Dna Damage and Mutations
A concise overview of what happens when a mutation occurs in our DNA, and how that causes some cancers. [1:06]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Life Cycle of Malaria, Part 1
In this lifelike animation, watch what happens inside a host when a malaria parasite-carrying mosquito bites a human. [4:17]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Dna Cloning With Plasmids
Find out about genetic engineering, and how scientists have found a way to insert new genes into bacterial DNA. [1:12]
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Hhmi Biointeractive: Zebrafish Heart Regeneration
A brief video illustration and describing the way te heart of a zebrafish regenerates. [2:30]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Viral Outbreak: Dengue Fever Re Emergence in the Americas
See how far the dengue fever virus has spread throughout the Americas since the 1960s. [0:24]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Ppar Gamma Activation in the Fat Cell
PPAR-gamma allows patients who are insulin resistant to be insulin sensitive. See how PPAR-gamma works in a fat cell. Teaching tips included. Quicktime and Windows Media Player formats.
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Planaria Regeneration Activity [Pdf]
Learn about regeneration by working with planaria, a freshwater flatworm. Discover how long it takes for the flatworm to regenerate a head.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Rna Folding
Since RNA is single-stranded, it can fold upon itself and form structures that are protein-like in both appearance and functionality. [0:33]
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Hhmi: Biointeractive: Location of the Hypothalamus
This video clip shows the location of the hypothalamus in the brain of a mouse. Teaching tips included. Quicktime or Windows Media Player formats. [0:33]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Lactose Digestion in Infants
A quick video clip that shows the lactase enzyme produced in the small intestine of infants. It digests lactose by breaking it into glucose and galactose. [0:53]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Planarian Regeneration and Stem Cells
Mini-documentary on the use of stem cells for regeneration of damaged cells.
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Controlling Animal Locomotion
A presentation focusing on how different animal moves by examining different gaits. The process of spinal cord interneurons and brain signaling pathways are defined and explained for different animal movements like hopping or galloping....
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Cultured Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Video on cell cultures derived from human embryonic stem cells that can reproduce indefinitely and can differentiate into specialized cell types. [1:17]
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Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Microarrayer in Action
See how a microarraying robot delivers hundreds of small molecules to a series of slides. [2:00]