This unit provides an understanding of biological processes and mechanisms during regeneration and repair and concepts of how they can be used and manipulated for the development of therapeutic strategies in a range of human disorders. This includes pathobiology of tissues and organs and the role of repair and regeneration, stem cell and cloning technology in therapeutics, the use of physical devices in repair and regeneration, solid organ and bone marrow transplantation, good manufacture practice (GMP), principles governing therapeutic goods administration and ethical problems in biotherapeutics. -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, Associate Professor Nathan Pavlos and Professor Patricia Price
Prerequisites: PATH3303 Advanced Pathology and Laboratory Medicine or Biomedical Science major Level 2 units
