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Understanding and Background
Welcome to Magic Bullets
Introduction
Cancer Chemotherapy: A Timeline
Cancer Chemotherapy: A Chemical Needle in a Haystack
Gertrude Belle Elion: A Lifeline
George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion — excerpted from Pharmaceutical Acheivers

George Hitchings: Pharmaceutical Achiever
Paul Ehrlich: Pharmaceutical Achiever

Paul Ehrlich — excerpted from Pharmaceutical Acheivers

Detecting Cancer

Introduction
Cancer Detectives: A Class Simulation
Cell Growth: Doubling Up
See It Now Part 1: Interpreting a Graph
See It Now Part 2: Interpreting Pie Charts
See It Now Part 3: Making a Bar Graph
Word Search


Treating Cancer
Introduction
Methods of Treatment: Choosing a Weapon
Alkylating Agents: The Janus Effect
Antibiotics: Dr. Hamao Umezawa
Cisplatin: The Platinum Standard
Vinblastine: From Jamaica to a Cure
Hormone Therapy: Our Best Friend to the Rescue

Taxol^® and Yew: A WebQuest Senate Debate
Separating Cherry Cola: A Simulation
Designer Molecules: Esterification
Cyber Scavenger Hunt


Preventing Cancer

Introduction
Michael B. Sporn: Prevention Pioneer
In a Puff of Smoke: Preventing Lung Cancer
The Surgeon General's Report
Tobacco Road: History
Tobacco Trails: Smoking and Geography
Something's Burning: Combustion
Take a Deep Breath: Lung Capacity
Making a Model Lung
A Pack a Day: The Costs
What Gets in Your Lungs
Leaving the Pack
Taking Action

You Become What You Eat: The Nutrition Factor

Lee Wattenberg: Prevention Pioneer
Nutrition and Cancer
Antioxidants and the Hunt for Free Radicals
Reading Food Labels
Phytochemicals: Guarding the Gates
What's in There?: Vitamin C in Fruit Juice
Cooking Up Prevention at the Phytochemistry Grill

Sun and Clouds: Preventing Skin Cancer

The Sun in History
Sunscreen Labels
UV Light and Sunscreen
UV and Your Skin: An Interactive Simulation
Percent Sunshine


The Gene Factor: Family History

Mary-Claire King: Prevention Pioneer
Genes and Cancer
Genetics: A Timeline
Gene BRCA1
Gene p53
Cracking the Code: A Simulation
Cracking the Code: Mutations
Isolating DNA

Resources

Web Sites
Print and Media

Glossary
About the Authors
Teacher's Guide