For my take home assignment I took a look at the web sites of the Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov) and the National Institute of Health (http://www.nih.gov). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a government agency whose job is to regulate food, drugs, medical devices and vaccines. It also regulates Animal Feeds and Drugs, cosmetics and things that emit radiation like cell phones, microwaves and lasers. The NIH …showed first 75 words of 871 total…

…showed last 75 words of 871 total…effects the body. This could be useful if you were to do a research paper on proteins. Overall I liked the two web sites. I found them informative and interesting. I learned several new things about biology, medicine and other fields of science. The FDA's web site had a lot more facts and news items, while the NIH's site had more data. I could use both of these site for future research further into biology.