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GCSE Biology: Pathogens, Immunity and Medicines

Categories: Biology, GCSE
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About Course

A GCSE Biology course on infection and response for Biology and Combined Science students: the four types of pathogen and how diseases spread, the body’s non-specific defences, how white blood cells fight infection, how vaccination works, and how antibiotics and new medicines are discovered and tested.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Describe bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists and how they cause and spread disease Explain the body's non-specific defences and the roles of white blood cells Explain how vaccination gives immunity, using memory cells and antibodies Explain why antibiotics do not work on viruses and describe how new drugs are tested

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Pathogens and how diseases spread
  • The body’s defences
  • Vaccination and immunity
  • Antibiotics and developing new medicines

For grown-ups
Sources and further reading for parents, carers and teachers.

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