Need to do a bio presentation. Any suggestions?

Question

Find a newspaper or popular magazine article published within the last year written about a specific aspect of cellular biology or physiology. The possible topics can include but are not limited to one of the following:
a. Antibiotic resistance
b. Viral causes of cancer
c. Nutrition (includes vitamins, minerals, supplements, and diet)
d. Diseases (cancer, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
e. Toxic effects of environmental pollutants like insecticides, lead, herbicides, polyvinyl chloride, MTBE, electromagnetic radiation)
f. Birth defects caused by environmental pollutants
g. Increased incidence of cancer caused by environmental pollutants
h. Food contaminants (like kangaroo meat in hamburger)
i. Development of new vaccines

Anyone seen any good articles or have any ideas how to find one? Thanks!

Answer 1

I'm your teacher and this is not a group assignment! Just kidding....

I'm trying to figure out why (h.) kangaroo meat in hamburger is considered a food contaminant, because it isn't. Anyway, there's lots of stuff online. Try this website: http://www.livescience.com/

I looked up antibiotic resistance, and there's loads of info there! But you should pick a topic that interests you, or investigate something that you really don't know anything about.

Answer 2

Well, with the whole HPV thing in Texas, you shouldn't have much trouble finding a current article about HPV and the link to cervical cancer.

Depending on how in depth you want to go on your article, try www.pubmed.com.

Answer 3

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/020307dntexhpv.449bc88c.html

This is an article about Human Papillovirus and how it causes cerival cancer. You might have seen the commercials for Gardisil, which is a vaccine against HPV. The commercials encourage girls to get vaccinated... be "One Less".