Three lecture type videos introduce intracellular protozoan parasites, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania. The history of identification of these diseases, main characteristics, and current research about how these diseases interact with mammalian cells are presented.

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This 3D animation explains in detail how and why HIVs develop drug resistance in a short period of time.

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This 3D animation shows how HIV infects cells, and how HIVs replicate themselves using infected cells' materials. At the end of the video, possible ways to inhibit HIV infection/replication is illustrated. It is convenient to watch this video from youtube.com, but it's original source is here: http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/news/news_videos_disease.htm. The file...

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Two lecturebtype videos introduce pathogenic Bacteria and Helicobacter pylori. The first video gives a lecture about how human beings protect themselves from bacteria incursion: (1) phase 1, non-induced innate immunity, (2)phase 2, induced innate immunity, (3)phase 3, induced adpative immunity. The second video introduces how H. pylori causes the diseases in human stomach, introducing Cag A.

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This resource is a collection of lesson plans for activities that promote student engagement with the concept of gene regulation, particularly in prokaryotes. A total of 4 active learning activities are described in detail, including "Lactose Operon Role Play," "Cell Growth in the Presence of Two Sugar Sources," "Design a Repressor System," and Alterations of Operon Function through Mutation."...

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