Recent Developments in Medical Biotechnology

课程简介

/ Indicative Syllabus Recent updates on cancer diagnosis and therapy - Introduction of cancer, diagnosis and therapy - Cancer stem cells - Cell free DNA testing (Plasma RNA – prenatal and cancer Diagnosis) - Next generation sequencing technology and personalized medicine - Cancer screening via protein biomarker analysis (circulating cancer cells and single cell) - Mouse model for cancer research - Health and safety ethical issues in animal handling and stem cell technology - Cancer immunology Contemporary concept and applications of stem cells - Stem cell technologies – basics and applications - Induced pluripotent stem cell technology Genome editing - CRISPR technology and its application

目标

The subject aims to provide students in the up-to-date knowledge and the techniques involved in the recent developments in medical biotechnology.

先修要求

Cell Biology

Teaching Pattern

Methodology Lectures Acquire general and basic understandings and concepts of the subject using an interactive approach. Term paper presentation Students in a group would learn to put together a term-paper presentation regarding one of the hot topics in medical biotechnology. Laboratory Students would learn important experimental techniques and be trained to develop their ability in designing experiments, data interpretation and report writing. -- 1 of 2 -- Self-study Students will be given a reading list for their own self-study. Reading list will be extracted from the recommended textbooks.