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Medical Genetics

Semester 5th ()

Hours Teaching 0 hours, Laboratory 2 hours, Tutorial 0 hours , Clinical Training 0 hours (per week)

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  1. INTRODUCTION
    Introduction to Molecular Genetics Medicine (2 hours)
  2. IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC BASIS OF DISEASES
    Identification of genes and other genetic elements, e.g., regulatory elements, etc. polymorphisms of DNA involved in diseases and cross-correlation with genotype-phenotype (4 hours)
  3. ASSOCIATION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
    Correlation between structure and function of mutant proteins involved in monogenic diseases. (2hours)
  4. MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS
    Molecular diagnostic technologies for monogenic diseases. Approaches of high throughput analysis (2 Hours)
  5. CHROMOSOMAL DEVIATIONS
    Changes in the number or structure of chromosomes associated with genetic diseases, hereditary and not. Impact of those. Modern molecular approaches for their detection (4 hours)
  6. HIGH THROUGHPUT APPROACHES
    Functional genomics and proteomics analysis. Applications in Medicine (4 hours)
  7. GENETICS OF CANCER
    From the knowledge of molecular pathways in genetic disorders in cancer to the discovery of new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic approaches (4 hours)
  8. REGENARATING TREATMENTS
    Gene and cell therapy: objectives and technological applications (2 hours)