Online Courses Handbook 2003

4713 (v.4) Medical Biotechnology 331

Area:	School of Biomedical Science
Contact Hours:	8.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	8054 (v.8) Clinical Biochemistry 232 or any previous version AND 10076 (v.2) Molecular Biology 231 or any previous version
Molecular biology of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Molecular basis of disease. Recombinant DNA technology in medicine - cloning, sequencing and synthesis, gene probes as diagnostic reagents and DNA fingerprinting, polymerase chain reaction in clinical diagnostics, human pharmaceuticals - microbes, protein engineering, designer drugs, recombinant vaccines. Transgenics and gene therapy, social and legal aspects.