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The discovery of new drugs

Treating, curing and preventing disease

Edexcel GCSE Biology – by BBC bitesize Treating, curing and preventing disease

The immune system defends humans from pathogens. Physical and chemical barriers prevent infection. White blood cells attack pathogens. Immunizations usually involve injecting inactive pathogens.

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Defence against infection
The immune system defends against disease
Immunisations
Herd immunity
Advantages and disadvantages of immunisation
Maths skills – Extracting and interpreting information
Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance
Bacterial growth in cultures
Maths – Bacterial calculations
Core practical
Maths skills
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Key concepts in biology
Cell structure
10 Sub-Topics
Animal cells
Plant cells
Bacterial cells
Specialised animal cells
Light microscopes
Suggested practical – preparing light microscope slides
Electron microscopes
Maths – quantitative units
Maths – number, size and scale
Core practical 1 – analysing biological specimens using microscopes
Enzymes
3 Sub-Topics
Enzymes
Effect of temperature, substrate concentration and pH on reaction rate
Core practical – Investigating the effect of pH on enzyme activity
Transport in cells
9 Sub-Topics
Diffusion
The rate of diffusion
Investigating the effect of concentration on rate of diffusion
Osmosis
Core practical – Investigating osmosis in potatoes
Maths – Simple compound measures of rate
Maths – Calculating percentage gain and loss of mass in osmosis
Active transport
Comparing diffusion, osmosis and active transport
Cells and control
Cell division
9 Sub-Topics
DNA and chromosomes
Mitosis and the cell cycle
The stages of mitosis in detail
Cancer and carcinogens
Cell differentiation
Monitoring growth
Stem cells
Using human stem cells
Benefits and risks associated with the use of stem cells in medicine
Coordination and control – The nervous system
4 Sub-Topics
The structure and function of the nervous system
The reflex arc
Suggested practical – Investigating human reaction times
The brain
Genetics
Reproduction, the genome and gene expression
8 Sub-Topics
Advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction
Meiosis
From DNA to genomes
Extracting DNA from fruit
DNA structure and making proteins
Protein synthesis
Effect of genetic variants on phenotype
Variation and the effect of mutation
Genetic inheritance – part one
8 Sub-Topics
Mutation and variation
Mutations
Understanding of genetics including the work of Mendel
Genetic inheritance
Carrying out a genetic cross
How to construct Punnett squares
Family trees
Calculations – Using probability, direct proportion and simple ratios
Genetic inheritance – part two
8 Sub-Topics
Inheritance of blood groups
Sex determination
Sex-linked disorders – Higher
The Human Genome Project
Selective breeding
Cloning in plants
Cloning in animals
Agricultural solutions to the demands of a growing population
Natural selection and genetic modification
Evolution
9 Sub-Topics
Darwin’s theory of evolution
Darwin and Wallace
Evidence for evolution – Resistant bacteria
Evidence of evolution – Rock fossils
Evidence for human evolution
Tools as evidence for human evolution
The pentadactyl limb
Linnaean system of classification
Impact of modern developments of classifying systems
Genetic modification
3 Sub-Topics
Genetic modification
The process of genetic engineering – Higher
Potential benefits and risks of genetic engineering
Health, disease and the development of medicines
Communicable disease
9 Sub-Topics
Health
Pathogens
Life cycle of a virus
Viral diseases
Bacterial diseases
Protist diseases
Fungal diseases
How to prevent the spread of diseases
Sexually-transmitted infections
Plant disease
3 Sub-Topics
Pathogens as causes of plant diseases
Identification of pathogens – Higher
Plant defences
Treating, curing and preventing disease
12 Sub-Topics
Defence against infection
The immune system defends against disease
Immunisations
Herd immunity
Advantages and disadvantages of immunisation
Maths skills – Extracting and interpreting information
Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance
Bacterial growth in cultures
Maths – Bacterial calculations
Core practical
Maths skills
Making medicines
5 Sub-Topics
The discovery of new drugs
The development and testing of new drugs
Production of monoclonal antibodies – Higher
Uses of monoclonal antibodies
Benefits, limitations and ethics of monoclonal antibodies – Higher
Non-communicable diseases
11 Sub-Topics
Different types of diseases
Causal mechanisms
Cancers
Smoking and cardiovascular disease
Effects of alcohol on liver and brain function
Effects of lifestyle factors on cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Maths – The principles of sampling
Maths – Bar charts
Maths – Line graphs
Ways of treating cardiovascular disease
Evaluation of different treatment methods
Plant structures and their functions
Photosynthesis
8 Sub-Topics
What is photosynthesis?
Factors affecting photosynthesis – light intensity
Factors affecting photosynthesis – carbon dioxide and temperature
Different factors limiting the rate of photosynthesis – Higher
Required practical activity 6 – light intensity and photosynthesis
Scientific calculations – using photosynthesis graphs
Scientific calculations – direct and inverse proportion – Higher
Plant organisation
Plant hormones
2 Sub-Topics
Auxin and phototropism
Core practical
Animal coordination, control and homeostasis
Coordination and control – The human endocrine system
7 Sub-Topics
Human endocrine system
Negative feedback systems in hormonal control – Higher
Thyroxine
Adrenaline
Control of blood glucose concentration by pancreas and insulin
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Role of glucagon in control of blood sugar levels – Higher
Hormones in human reproduction
5 Sub-Topics
The role of reproductive hormones in the menstrual cycle
Oestrogen and progesterone in the control of the menstrual cycle
Hormonal methods of contraception
Non-hormonal methods of contraception
Reproductive technologies to treat infertility using hormones – Higher
Homeostasis in humans
8 Sub-Topics
Body temperature and the thermoregulatory centre
Importance of water balance in the body
Maintaining nitrogen balance in the body
Maintaining water balance in the body
Scientific calculations – Translate tables and bar charts
The effect of ADH on tubule permeability and in water balance
The consequences of kidney damage or disease
Treating kidney failure by transplant
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