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Molecular basis of disease 368


 
Modulekode BCM 368
Kwalifikasie Voorgraads
Fakulteit Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe
Module-inhoud

* Hierdie inligting is slegs in Engels beskikbaar.

Normal and abnormal regulation of the cell cycle: The biochemistry of proliferation, quiescence, senescence, differentiation and apoptosis, illustrated by cancer. Host-Pathogen co-evolution: How adaptive immunity emerged from innate immunity. Infection: Molecular and cellular immunobiochemistry of protection against viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens. Auto-immunity: Molecular mechanisms of the maintenance and failure of the recognition of foreign in the context of self in the mammalian body. Practical training includes debate on ethics of research on animal and human diseases, experimental design and execution of an immunoassay to test for a biomarker antibody of an infectious disease, tutorials to determine the performance of a diagnostic test for disease, including the principle of ROC curve analysis, positive and negative predictiveness, sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, applications of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for characterisation of disease with fluorescence, confocal and electron microscopy, flow cytometry and biosensors.

Modulekrediete 18.00
Voorvereistes BCM 251 en BCM 252 en BCM 261
Kontaktyd 2 lesings per week, 1 praktiese sessie per week
Onderrigtaal Afrikaans en Engels word in een klas gebruik
Akademiese organisasie Biochemie
Aanbiedingstydperk Semester 2

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