Published by Australian Academy of Science
Activities | Cancer immunotherapy – redefining vaccines

1. Cancer immunotherapy

Other activities

• US National Institutes of Health (USA)
  • Cancer and the cell cycle – students use resources to help explain how cancer develops.
  • Cancer as a multistep process – students use a simulation to test several hypotheses about the development of cancer.
  • The immune system and cancer vaccines – an interactive tutorial on the role of the immune system in treating cancer.

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA)
  • Cancer: Animations – a series of animations about cancer.

• Cancer Quest (Emory University, USA)
  • Cancer treatment: The GRID! – a game in which students test their knowledge about a range of cancer treatments.

• The Curriculum Corporation (Australia)
  • Ian Frazer discusses the cervical cancer vaccine, 2008 – Ian Frazer discusses research that led to the development of the Gardasil vaccine. (Note: Access is restricted to Australian and New Zealand schools.)

• Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory (USA)
  • Inside cancer: Multimedia guide to cancer biology – a series of animations that describe aspects of cancer. Includes the sections 'Hallmarks of cancer', 'Causes and prevention', 'Diagnosis and treatment' and 'Pathways to cancer'.