Making Medicines

Partner Collection: How do medicines work? How are they developed? and what can we do to tackle antimicrobial resistance to certain medicines?

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ABPI (The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry) is the trade association for more than 75 companies in the UK producing prescription medicines. Their community researches, develops, manufactures and supplies more than 80 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the NHS.

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Information and resources from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), trade body of the UK pharmaceutical industry.
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Antimicrobial resistance

Infectious diseases cause millions of deaths globally every year. Microorganisms that cause infectious diseases include bacteria, fungi, viruses and...
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Atoms, bonding and types of reactions

Success in of chemistry is usually underpinned by a sound knowledge of key concepts, such as a good working knowledge of atoms and bonding.
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Balanced Diet

An interactive game to help pupils to find the right balanced diet for healthy living. A balanced diet is required for healthy living - but what...
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Beating bacteria

Activities and lesson plan notes for teachers on antibiotics and how antibiotic-resistant bacteria arise. Research and development to create new...
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Biotechnology

A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing biotechnology and its impact.
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Body Builder

An interactive activity about the different bones and organs in the body, where they are and what they do. There are three parts to the interactive...
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Breathing and Asthma

An animated graphic resource about the physiology of breathing and asthma. Cellular respiration takes place in all cells of the body, providing the...
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Cell Biology

Cell biology explores the structure and function of animal cells, from microscopes to protein synthesis and the effects of medicines. Living...
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Cell division

Explains cell division processes required by Post-16 biology courses and includes links between meiosis, mitosis and cancer. Inside your body, around...
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Cell division and cancer

A resource with animated graphics on the cellular mechanisms causing cancer, diagnosis and treatment. Cancer cells can replicate by overcoming the...
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Cells

Cells form who we are. From the top of our heads to the bottom of our feet, cells make up every single part of us. All our organs and bones are...
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Chemistry of Life

Why does your skin wrinkle as you get older? If you have osteogenesis imperfecta, why do your bones break so easily? Why do albino rabbits have pink...
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Classification

This interactive resource is intended for children aged 7 to 11 years. It introduces classification and covers features of living things, keys, the...
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Cloning

A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing cloning and its impact. This online resource introduces cloning for 14-16 and 16+...
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Diabetes

An introduction to the symptoms, causes and treatment of diabetes, including the manufacture of insulin. Diabetes mellitus is a condition where the...
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Diabetes 16+

A version of the ABPI Diabetes resource for advanced/higher level biology. Diabetes mellitus is a condition where the amount of glucose in the blood...
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Diet and digestion

A detailed resource covering the dietary and digestive biochemistry and physiology. Human beings need to eat a balanced diet to stay healthy. The...
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Enzymes 16+

Enzymes - biological catalysts that control the reactions of life. Inside every cell hundreds of chemical reactions take place. Enzymes help control...
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Genes and inheritance

An introduction to genes, DNA, cloning, inheritance and medical issues for 14-16 and 16+ students. This online resource introduces students to the...
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Genetic engineering

A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing genetic engineering and its impact. The genetic engineering resource supports...
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Heart and Circulation

The heart and circulation system are explained with detailed diagrams and animated graphics. This online resource describes the human circulatory...
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History of Medicine

Using the resource shows students how ideas have developed over the centuries. Medieval barbers were the forerunners of today's skilled surgeons and...
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Homeostasis-blood sugar and temperature

This resource covers the hormonal control of blood sugar and body temperature and the physiology involved. Homeostasis describes the functions of...
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Homeostasis - kidneys and water balance

An interactive resource with excellent animated graphic sequences, focusing on the renal system. This resource explores human kidneys and how they...
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Hormones and their effects

A concise resource covering hormones in the human body with clear animated graphics. This resource explores hormones, how they are chemical...
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How medicines work

This online resource explores the ongoing battle between people and both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Throughout history people have...
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Infectious diseases: diseases

This resource explores preventable infectious disease, which is estimated to cause two thirds of child deaths. This online resource explores...
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Infectious diseases: immunity

This ABPI online resource explores immunity, vaccination and immune memory. This resource explores how the human immune system recognises and...
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Infectious diseases: medicines

Life expectancy in the UK has increased by about 50% over the last 100 years, partly due to modern medicines. This online resource explores the...
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Infectious diseases: pathogens

This online resource explores pathogens - the microorganisms that cause disease. Pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, viruses and fungi are specialised...
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Infectious diseases: timeline

This online interactive resource explores some of the scientists that have changed the way we understand and treat disease. The resource explores...
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Making Medicines

Students explore the twelve-year journey to discover, develop and test a new medicine using this online resource. New medicines are needed to treat...
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Medicines to treat disease

Infectious diseases have been treated in a variety of ways in the past and, as bacteria mutate, new medicines will be needed in the future. Learn...
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Nervous System

An interactive online resource about the structure and function of the nervous system including the eye and vision. What is the nervous system and...
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New Horizons in Medicine

There are a series of 9 posters covering topics from stem cells to the history of medicine. Posters can be ordered from the ABPI website and are free...
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One Health

One Health is a programme that recognises that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are connected. In this approach, multiple disciplines...
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Pathogens and the immune system

This online resource explores different pathogens, how they are transmitted and how the immune system combats them. Communicable or infectious...
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Polymerase chain reaction

A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing PCR and its impact. The polymerase chain reaction is incredibly simple yet...

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Safety at work

This module investigates how safe working is encouraged in industrial laboratories. Scientific work uses many hazardous materials or processes....
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Skin structure and function

Skin is the outer covering of vertebrate animals, is the largest organ of the body and has many different functions. This online resource explores...
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Solids, liquids and gases

Materials may be natural or man-made. They may exist as solids, liquids and gases, and as a mixture of states. The resource contains cartoon...
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Statistics in research

This resource is intented to support 16-19 students to choose, use and intepret statisics.
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Stem cells

A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing stem cells and their impact. This resource provides a broad-based introduction to...
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Unravelling the Genome

A downloadable poster and a set of teaching materials introducing the unravelling of the human genome and its impact. This resource provides a broad-...
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Where do medicines come from?

Pupils learn about infectious disease treatments, and what happens to medicines, and drugs, when they are swallowed, injected or inhaled. Infectious...
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