Life expectancy in the UK has increased by about 50% over the last 100 years, partly due to modern medicines.
This online resource explores pathogens - the microorganisms that cause disease.
This online interactive resource explores some of the scientists that have changed the way we understand and treat disease.
This resource explores preventable infectious disease, which is estimated to cause two thirds of child deaths.
An introduction to the symptoms, causes and treatment of diabetes, including the manufacture of insulin.
An interactive game to help pupils to find the right balanced diet for healthy living.
An animated graphic resource about the physiology of breathing and asthma.
Pupils learn about infectious disease treatments, and what happens to medicines, and drugs, when they are swallowed, injected or inhaled.
The resource series consists of six modules, each consisting of a poster, and a set of teaching materials.
Student teams make boxes and labels for medicine bottles in the core task of this suite of activities.
Using the resource shows students how ideas have developed over the centuries.
A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing biotechnology and its impact.