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Content Knowledge: CK 1 .1

Electronic cigarette and traditional cigarettes

Is Vaping Safer Than Smoking?

STEM Explained

Learn how e-cigarettes and other vaping products work, and why scientists and health professionals have concerns about their safety.

How do I construct a terrarium?

How do I construct a terrarium?

Hands-on Activities

You can make your own terrarium for growing plants!

Green walls in Harvard University

Green Walls

STEM Explained

Green walls use plant processes to improve air quality in buildings.

Lacks historical marker in Clover, Virginia

Why is Henrietta Lacks Important?

STEM Explained

When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.

Hand with screwdriver “repairing” DNA

DNA Damage and Repair

Backgrounders

This backgrounder explains the different ways that cells repair damage to DNA.

T cells and cancer cells - Image © Meletios Verras, iStockPhoto.com

Can Your Own Cells Cure Cancer?

STEM Explained

When a person has cancer, CAR-T Therapy uses their own cells to destroy the cancer cells in their body.

Image © TLFurrer, iStockPhoto.com

Are Microbes Your Friend or Foe?

STEM Explained

Microbes are everywhere, even in your digestive tract. Some of these microbes are helpful, and some aren’t.

Test tubes in a laboratory

DNA Extraction

Backgrounders

Learn the basics of how DNA can be extracted from cells.

Damage to DNA

Radiation Effects on Cells & DNA

Backgrounders

This backgrounder explains the effects of radiation on cells and DNA.

Andy Kokaji | Directeur associé de Immunologie, STEMCELL Technologies

Andy Kokaji

Career Profiles

Associate Director of Immunology

Andy Kokaji is an associate director of immunology at STEMCELL Technologies.
Michael Hiatt | Scientifique, STEMCELL Technologies

Michael Hiatt

Career Profiles

Scientist

Michael Hiatt is a Scientist at STEMCELL Technologies.
Lauren Ostrowski | Doctorante à l’Université de Toronto

Lauren Ostrowski

Career Profiles

Ph.D. Candidate

Lauren Ostrowski is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Toronto.
Kofi Adasi | Chargé de cours en biologie

Kofi Adasi

Career Profiles

Biology Lecturer

Kofi Adasi is a Biology Lecturer at King's University college.