An MRI scan showed a cluster of what appeared to be lesions in his brain, but specialists were baffled as to the cause. And they were more surprised to find that the lesions kept moving. Brain scans over the next four years showed that the anomaly had travelled at least 5cm through the tissue.
Using a pre-drawn template can be helpful during a consultation to explain single gene inheritance. Our template shows one pair of chromosomes for each parent. Each chromosome has a single gene highlighted that can be coloured in to illustrate a gene alteration. You can then show which sperm and/or eggs contain the chromosome with the gene alteration and the different genetic combinations that could be present at conception.
Jane Hart compiled the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015 from the votes of over 2,000 learning professionals (from education and enterprises) worldwide.
The list was published on 21 September 2015.
Biologists have long puzzled about how evolutionary selection, known for its ruthless requirement for efficiency, allows the existence of males - when in so many species their only contribution to reproduction are spermatozoa.
But research published today in Nature shows that sexual selection - when males compete and females choose over reproduction - improves population health and protects against extinction, even in the face of genetic stress from high levels of inbreeding.
A new treatment for pancreatic cancer could significantly increase survival rates, Ulster University has claimed.
It said the treatment could lead to a five-fold reduction in tumour size.
It involves injecting tumours with oxygen micro bubbles that are coated with a drug which is then activated by ultrasound.
Ebola is an infectious disease, which has become a pandemic crisis causing around 5000 deaths in 2014, with a 50% mortality rate among those who have contracted the virus.
The outbreak in West Africa was first reported in March 2014, and every natural case of Ebola has been in Sub-Saharan Africa with Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea at the epicentre of the crisis.
This key stage 3-5 resource, produced by GA Consultant and Secondary Phase Committee Co-Chair Stephen Schwab, includes classroom activities and teaching ideas, and explores geographical facts, concepts and the impact the virus has had on the communities affected.