Mar 29, 2024  
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2018-2019 Catalog 
    
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BTEC 5300. Principles of Medical Biotechnology (3 credits)


The purpose of this course is to provide a broad overview of the methods and strategies of biotechnology for medicinal applications including drug discovery. Major emphasis will be placed on describing therapeutic concepts and how they are developed from the discovery of a molecular target for drugs to the use of disease models to test new pharmaceutical agents. The course covers many aspects of biotechnology, including aspects of molecular pharmacology, gene therapy, and drug safety evaluation. This course also introduces analytical methods as applied to experimental design and quantitative analysis of data encountered in biotechnology and biomedical sciences. Graduate students will also take part in assembling specific components of a manuscript in the drug discovery field. PREREQ: BIO 1000 , CHM 1300 , and graduate status.



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