Unit 2 Notes

The student notes for Unit 2 have been published. They still need to have diagrams and other images added - but the words are there. Use this to catch up on any notes you have missed before the Prelims.

Phage - the Virus that can cure...

Watch this brilliant video from the BBC 2 Horizon programme on a potential use for Bacteriophage as a cure for bacterial infections and MRSA. ("Page down" to the end of the blog to watch this video - I couldn't get it to embed at the top of the page...grrrr).

Awesome Naked Scientist Podcasts

If you've got a spare hour or so to improve your general Biological knowledge, then check out the following Podcasts from the Naked Scientists at Cambridge University. Though not directly relevant to the Higher course, it is of particular interest to folk heading to University. I've selected a relevant selection of the Podcasts - but there are posts of Chemistry and Physics topics too.

I suggest you subscribe to this on iTunes (or similar).

1. Naked Evolution
2. Life on Mars
3. Your Bacterial Body
4. TB and Magnetic Bacteria
5. Alzheimers, The Brain and Memory
6. Stem Cells and Cloning
7. Human Origins and Migration
8. Forensic Science
9. Animal Behaviour
10. DNA Fingerprinting and Human Origins

Enjoy!