Super Microscope

latitude 37.771218, longitude -122.387867

Cutting-edge microscopes at UC-San Francisco are helping scientists create three-dimensional images of cells, and may help lead to new medical breakthroughs, including a treatment for Type 1 diabetes.

Air Date: Tuesday, Mar 20 2007 at 7:30PM
Duration: 3:15 Episode: 105 Segment: c
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Topics: Biology, Health
Location: San Francisco County

Super Microscope Educator Guide

Cutting-edge microscopes at the University of California at San Francisco are helping scientists create three-dimensional images of cells, and may help lead to new medical breakthroughs, including a treatment for Type 1 diabetes. This educator guide provides suggestions for using the Super Microscope story in your teaching and presents many ideas for how to dive deeper into the topics of microscopes and Type 1 diabetes with your students.
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