This unit will cover the pathology of human disease at a molecular and cellular level and will be presented in four sections. The first section will address toxic damage to cells, repair process within cells, cell ageing and mechanisms of cell death. The second section will cover the biology of cancer. The third section will examine the molecular and cellular changes that lead to diverse clinical features in inherited syndromes and multisystem diseases. In the fourth section the role of trace elements in human biology and disease will be discussed. Within the unit students will be exposed to current theories of the molecular basis of disease through articles from the primary scientific... -- Course Website
Instructor: L Ackland
Prerequisites: One of SBB212, SLE212 and one of SBB206, SLE206, SBB211, SLE211, SBB222, SLE222, SBC214 or SLE214
