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AMS 540 – Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science & Biotechnology
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This course surveys new development in biomedical science and introduces students to the principles of biotechnology. It emphasizes the recent trend of integration of multiple disciplines of science and technology to advance the fields of biomedical science and biotechnology. This concept of scientific cross-pollination will be demonstrated by lecture series to be delivered individually or through teamwork by experts in a wide range of scientific fields that cover immunology, infectious disease, cancer research, environmental health & epidemiology, genomics & proteomics, development and production of diagnostics and therapeutics, animal models of human diseases and bioethics. Lecturers include USM faculty, adjunct faculty and other invited speakers from local research institutions and biotech industry.
Prerequisites: none
Credits: 3
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