Radioactivity iLab
Photocredits: Science Ahead
Radiation and Cancer: Cure or Cause?
RESOURCES
iLab: Radioactivity iLab
View the links and image files below for more information about the content addressed in the Cancer and Radiation Curriculum.Information on Tumor Suppression Genes
National Cancer for Biotechnology Information - Genes and Disease - p53 gene
Weizmann Institute of Science - Tumor Protein p53
Magic Bullets Chemistry vs. Cancer - Gene p53
BBC News - How some cancer cells cheat death
Suite 101 - p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene
Wikipedia - p53 gene
Information on Radiation Therapies and Radioimmunotherapy
National Cancer Institute - Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
MabThera.com - CD20: an ideal target antigen
Lymphomation.org - Radioimmunotherapy (RIT)
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Radioimmunotherapy as a Treatment for Lymphoma
Information on Mutations
Genetic Health - Genetics 101: DNA Mutations
University of Utah, Learn.Genetics - What Cuases DNA Mutations?
Information on Risk Factors for Cancer
iVillage Your Total Health - Age & Cancer Risk
National Cancer Institute - Smoking
National Cancer Institute - Cancer Causes & Risk Factors
National Cancer Institute - Obesity & Cancer Fact Sheet
This curriculum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Developed By
Beth Christiansen, PhD
AP Biology Teacher
Evanston Township High School
Evanston, Illinois
and Office of STEM Education Partnerships at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
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The iLab Network is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant OCI-0753324. However, any opinions, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendations are those of the investigators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.