20th-21st C ideas about the cause of disease and illness

This lesson has been planned as part of the GCSE medicine through time, Edexcle GCSE spec. It introduces students to new ideas and theories of 21st & 21st C. It looks in depth at the discovery of DNA and how this has impacted on preventive measures that people with hereditary gene defects can now take, such as BRCA1. The lesson asks students to consider the ANgelina Jolie case study. It also looks at how m,odern scientists began to take lifestyle factors into further consideration.