Both PHAR3303 Drugs and Disease A and this unit use examples of human disease where the origins, pathogenesis and treatment of the disease have now been well revealed by research. It is envisaged that this unit uses the respiratory system, musculo-skeletal system, blood and immune system and breast and prostate to illustrate disease mechanisms associated with infections, immune-mediated disease, inflammation and cancer and the therapies used to treat those diseases. The unit uses these model diseases to develop in students an understanding of the reasoning processes that underlie the discipline of pathology and which guide the development of treatments including drugs. Students learn how... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Martyn French
Prerequisites: Biomedical Science major Level 2 units