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Discover both the history and cutting edge of biochemistry, and how they apply to what you are learning.

Alternative (Non-Hemoglobin) Oxygen Carriers - Hemerythrins, etc...

Antimicrobials - our sanitation obsession.

Artificial Retina - Helping restore vision to the blind

Biochemistry of Love- do you and yours have "good chemistry"?

Botulism- sausage poisoning, muscle spasms, and cosmetics.

Building a Better Bandage - Biochemistry as first aid.

DNA Computers - Molecular computing.

DNA Vaccines and the Gene Gun - Futuristic vaccination methods today.

Fetal Tissue - Stem cell miracles and controversy.

Geckos - The chemistry of sticky feet.

Genetically Modified Foods and Animals - Engineered super crops and animals.

Genetically Modified Foods Detection - How do we know what has been modified?

Gene Chips - The power of microarrays.

Genome Sequencing - Why you shouldn't feed milk to your cat. New!

Hibernation - Minimal metabolism during the deep sleep.

HIV and AIDS - Global health info, HIV lifecycle.

HIV Lifecycle - HIV's life story.

HIV Therapies - Current and future treatments.

Human Genome Project - Have we uncovered too much information?

Immunotoxins - Targeted cell killers.

Interspecies Cloning - Reviving endangered and extinct species.

Mad-Cow Disease - Oprah has nothing to fear in America.

Mammalian Cloning - Dolly and the new controversy.

Molecular Motors - Cellular micro-machines.

New Glucose Monitors for Diabetes - Diabetes and the GlucoWatch.

Non-vertebrate Hemoglobins - The blood of the bottom dwellers.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Biochemistry - Structure and big magnets.

Olestra - Low-calorie fat substitutes.

Pre-Steady-State Kinetics - Kinetics right out of the gate.

Prozac - The product of the century.

Vitamin C - History of Vitamin C, scurvy discussion, and newly discovered health benefits.