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Molecular Biology and Genetics in Modern Medicine

Subjects: Biology · Engineering

Art: Woodville, William, Medical Botany 1790-0001 0072, 1790 · Public domain

Instructors: Prof. David Housman, Prof. Anne Giersch
Term: Fall 2007
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 45 other files · 3 web pages
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Molecular Biology and Genetics in Modern Medicine

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Lecture 1: Mendelian genetics, part 1 ( PDF )

Lecture 2: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Lecture 3: Discussion section example ( PDF ) Muscular dystrophies Handout ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Salil Garg. Used with permission.)

Lecture 4: Mendelian genetics, part 2 Cystic fibrosis

Lecture 5: Discussion sections Thalassaemias

Lecture 6: Mechanisms of mutation ( PDF ) Hemophilia

Lecture 7: Discussion sections Mithochondrial disorders

Lecture 8: Chromosomes, part 1 Prenatal diagnostics

Lecture 9: Discussion sections

Lecture 10: William’s syndrome Chromosomes, part 2 ( PDF )

Lecture 11: Discussion sections Newborn screening

Lecture 12: Deafness Genetic deafness

Lecture 13: Trinucleotide repeats Huntington’s disease

Lecture 14: Discussion sections Myotonic dystrophy

Lecture 15: Epigenetics/imprinting/X-inactivation

Lecture 16: Discussion sections Rett syndrome

Lecture 17: Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD)

Lecture 18: Discussion sections Cancer

Lecture 19: Colon cancer

Lecture 20: Discussion sections Leukemia

Lecture 21: Complex traits Hereditary Breast Ovarian Cancer

Lecture 22: Genomic and epigenomic studies of human cancers Gene therapy

Lecture 23: RNAi

Lecture 24: Discussion sections Review