This interrupted case study tells the story of a woman with cystic fibrosis and her husband. The couple is presented with an opportunity to potenti ...
In this flipped case study, students use the scientific method to investigate how changes in a few genes have shaped the evolution of maize plant a ...
Protein folding and trafficking is essential for normal cell function, and when it goes awry it can lead to various chronic conditions, including f ...
This case is designed as an in-class, problem-based learning activity for students to learn about several innovative medical applications of molecu ...
This problem-based learning case was designed for students to learn about several innovative medical applications of molecular biology. Students as ...
This "clicker" case presents the true story of a 20-year-old athlete who developed a life threatening reaction to anesthesia during a simple electi ...
This flipped case study examines the selective pressures that have affected the evolution of diverse human skin pigmentations. To prepare for the c ...
In this case study, designed to help break down stereotypes about scientists and engineers, students research the personal and professional lives o ...
This case introduces students to HIV, its life cycle, treatment, and problems associated with treatment options. The case, which incorporates criti ...
This case is based on a British patient presenting to a hospital with an array of symptoms after returning from an African safari. Students learn a ...
This case study in human reproduction follows Andrea, a college biology student who discovers she is pregnant with twins, but is not sure who the f ...
In this version, developed for classes in cell and molecular biology, the protagonist of the case, Dr. Westwood, survives an accidental poisoning-n ...
This dilemma case, designed for use in an undergraduate genetics course, explores the basic genetic concepts underlying the cloning process as well ...
This case study is based on the 2014 Ebola epidemic that spread to multiple highly populated countries in West Africa, making it the largest and mo ...
This directed case study was written to help students learn about an innovative cancer therapy that harnesses a patient's immune system to recogniz ...
This interrupted case study focuses on the research of Dr. Beatrice Hahn, who investigates DNA sequences in chimpanzee droppings in order to explor ...
This interrupted case study follows Abby and her husband Jim who have recently adopted a young girl, Ciara. Ciara was homeless prior to the adoptio ...
All introductory biology textbooks, and many sophomore-level genetics textbooks as well, describe several classic experiments in molecular biology. ...
In this case, developed for an introductory genetics class, students meet a woman whose family has a history of colon cancer. Students create a ped ...
In this directed case study, students assume the role of investigators for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as they examine and ...
In this case developed for an introductory general microbiology course, students consider concepts of bacterial genetics as they act as consultants ...
This modular case study tells the story of Dan and Annie, a married couple of Acadian ancestry who have a genetic form of deafblindness called Ushe ...
This interrupted case study reviews the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in apoptosis, or programmed cell death, and how it may be used i ...
This interrupted case study explores the general topic of health disparities by focusing on the specific example of breast cancer mortality dispari ...
This "clicker case" was designed to develop students' ability to read and interpret information stored in DNA. Making use of personal response syst ...
Cellular signaling, otherwise known as signal transduction, is the mechanism by which cellular context and environmental situation are used to regu ...
Directed evolution is a laboratory process that mimics the steps of natural selection to efficiently determine variants of proteins or organisms th ...
This whimsical case introduces students to the topic of dorsal/ventral (DV) axis formation in amphibians. After the recent birth of a good-sized cl ...
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, was first detected in China in late 2019 and rapidly spread thro ...
FOXP2 was first identified as a human language gene when a mutated version of the gene was found to cause speech problems in the KE family in Londo ...
Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. Despite the successful management of diabetes w ...
This case study explores the topics of diffusion, osmosis, membrane transport, and the physiological significance of glucose and insulin in the hum ...
This case study is centered on a real scenario from 2013 in which the Kickstarter fundraising platform included a fundraising proposal from a group ...
In this intimate debate case, students consider whether to support the development and use of Golden Rice as a means to alleviate vitamin A deficie ...
This case centers on a fictional group of young adults who studied abroad together in Scotland as college students. A number of them develop diseas ...
This case study introduces students to the complex field of immunology and the wide variety of host-pathogen interactions that drive evolutionary c ...
This case study for the flipped classroom introduces the discovery process used to elucidate how cells make ATP. Data from three seminal primary li ...
Lactose intolerance, caused by a lack of persistent lactase enzyme expression, is a trait commonly observed in adult humans, with varying geographi ...
This case tells the story of Elise, a college freshman whose identical twin sister has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Elise is concern ...
Stephania and Nikolaus Stamos are concerned about their baby daughter. They take her to her pediatrician, who immediately notices that the once bri ...
This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artif ...
This directed case study was developed in order to present genomic data to students, allow them to interpret the impact of genetic variations on ph ...
This directed case study examines the molecular basis of cystic fibrosis to emphasize the relationship between the genetic code stored in a DNA seq ...
Cellular metabolism is traditionally taught in undergraduate biochemistry courses through the memorization of complex biochemical pathways. As such ...
The classic example of a human trait that behaves in a clear Mendelian fashion is human eye color. The gene that controls it exists in two forms: a ...
This case study follows a young cystic fibrosis (CF) patient named Lucas. Through Lucas's story and interactions between his parents and pediatrici ...
This case study follows a young couple that is consulting with a genetic counselor about their plans to have a child. Because of their family histo ...
This dilemma/decision case study is intended to demonstrate how knowledge of signal transduction pathways can be applied to the pharmaceutical indu ...
Emerging diseases and potential pandemics make the news nearly every year. Students (and everyone else) may wonder where new infectious diseases co ...
In this clicker case, two teenagers are diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a cancer of the bone marrow where there is an abnormal o ...
This case study investigates the applications of genetics to medicine by exploring one of the first examples of a pharmacogenetic test to enter mai ...
Cancer is usually thought to be a disease that affects individuals. But could cancer evolve to become infectious? This case follows the research on ...
This directed case study follows the fictional story of an emergency room physician as he treats multiple patients being admitted to the hospital w ...
This case study examines the molecular methods that were used to reverse engineer the 1918 influenza virus strain in order to try and solve the mys ...
Taylor must write a report about a natural toxin while she is home from college on break. After a family dinner conversation about the latest attem ...
A possible act of industrial espionage is the backdrop for this case study, which introduces students to analytical techniques routinely used in mo ...
In this case study on sickle cell anemia, students are introduced to some of the key researchers responsible for determining the molecular basis of ...
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the widespread loss of honeybees, has devastating repercussions for the environment, industry, and the economy. Thi ...
Since caffeine is a widely used substance, especially by college age students, this case on the effects of caffeine on the human body serves as a r ...
This flipped case study tells the story of Joyce, a biology student who notices the development of some unusual symptoms (foot slapping and slurred ...
This case study was originally developed for undergraduate science students as part of an extracurricular competition, but it could also be deliver ...
Young parents, Max and Andrea Forest, learn that their child is suffering from the genetic disorder, thalassemia. Treatment requires a lifetime com ...
This case study was written for upper level undergraduate and graduate students to review foundational aspects of virology and to examine Ebola vir ...
This case study examines the evolution color vision in Old World and New World monkeys from multiple biological perspectives. This integrative appr ...
This interrupted case study for the flipped classroom applies evolutionary genetics research to human health. Students learn about a naturally occu ...
This case explores both the evidence and inconsistencies in the two major hypotheses for the origins of life on Earth: Replication-First or Metabol ...
In this interrupted case study, students learn about the function of cellular respiration and the electron transport chain and what happens when th ...
In 1983, Earl Washington "confessed" to a violent crime that he did not commit and was sentenced to death row. After spending seventeen years in pr ...
This interrupted case study tells the true story of Karl P. Schmidt, a herpetologist and museum curator who was bitten by a venomous snake in 1957. ...
Based on an actual event, this case study focuses on some of the problems associated with reproductive technologies. It tells the story of the "Jon ...
This case study presents three true stories of people who suffered fatal hyponatremia (low sodium concentration in their body fluids) after consumi ...
In this interrupted case study, students examine the fundamental connections between genotype, 3-D protein structure and phenotype by exploring pos ...
When Jordan is diagnosed with brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme), his college plans are unexpectedly put on hold. This scenario is presented in ...
This analysis case study uses a jigsaw activity in which students learn about characteristics of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 ...
In this case study, a scientist is contacted by a friend from a meat processing plant who is looking for a test to determine the sex of the animals ...
In this intimate debate, students examine the causes of the devastation wrought by the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic. Students consider whether t ...
This case is based on the true story of a woman with choriocarcinoma, a rare type of rapidly dividing and metastatic cancer derived from cells of t ...