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Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases that result in high blood glucose levels.
Causes of diabetes tend to be a combination of genetic background and environmental factors; &"How much of a role does genetics play?&" Each of the five activities in this kit explore a different aspect of diabetes.
Students compare a &"normal&" DNA strand with one that has a mutation known to cause diabetes, test solutions with glucose test strips to determine the glucose levels of each, examine the disorder from a Mendelian perspective (pedigrees), workout a diet according to NIDDK guidelines and investigate techniques used to determine if a person carries the genes for diabetes. Developed by Bill Humphries.
Includes: instructions, glucose test strips, glucose, food coloring and manipultives.



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