Cystic Fibrosis Webquest

1st Period Webquest!!!

3rd Period Webquest!!!

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- http://www.cff.org
• American Academy of Pediatrics – http://www.aap.org/
• Milan Foundation (educate, increase awareness and assist families in need) http://www.milanfoundation.org
• Medline Plus – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cysticfibrosis.html
• Developing Patient Education Materials - http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/patientinformation/developingPFEdMaterial.pdf
• Developing Clear and Simple Patient Education Materials - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinformation/clearandsimple

Stem Cell Research 1/24

Use the Following Link to See the Research Project

You must save your document in the G:Drive in "Gibney Biology 1st" Save the doc as "last name of group."

Refer to your handout to see which group you are in.

Cheers,
Mr. G

Welcome to the class website!!!

First Period Webquest Answer Document

Second Period Webquest Answer Document


Cells Alive Link for First Part of Webquest

Sites for the Second Part of the Webquest
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question464.htm

This article describes the digestive process and answers questions about human stomach cells.

http://www.nature.com/nsu/010301/010301-5.html

Read this description of how human cells were tested in rats as part of a study of multiple sclerosis therapies.

http://www.nature.com/nsu/030714/030714-3.html

This article describes how scientists at Cambridge University in Great Britain are studying the use of frog eggs in the rebuilding of human cells.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33465,00.html

Scientists in Israel have studied how cells might be programmed to keep watch to signal the body about potential disease.

http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/brai/507400.html

Learn about the discoveries scientists have made while studying human fat cells.

http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/22/1728_55460

This article discusses how it may be possible to regrow brain cells, a process that was once thought to be impossible.