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Vaccines/Human Genetics (U01535)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : BIO-4-BTvachg

Vaccination is an important tool for fighting infectious diseases in the developing countries, where such diseases are a high cause of mortality. In developed societies they act as a means of greatly reducing the incidence of previously serious diseases, like polio. Traditional vaccines used live or killed vaccines or inactivated toxins (toxoids). Biotechnology has made possible the introduction of new vaccines such as subunit vaccines and synthetic peptide vaccines as well as new methods of presentation. e.g. use of viral factors. For peptide vaccines it is important to identify the antibody -peptide epitopes on the exposed antigen surface.

In Human Genetics, the aim will be to explore how the impetus to understand human genetic disorders has prompted new technological advances and revealed novel biological mechanisms. Speakers in this course will give lectures showing how general principles of human genetics have applied to specific examples of human genetic syndromes.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer.

? Costs : Notepads

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Biotechnology, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 5 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
09/01/2006	09:00	09:50	Room 7.14, Swann Building	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	09:50	KB
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	KB
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	09:50	KB
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	12:00	KB

? Additional Class Information : Vaccines component starts on tuesday 10th January at 9 a.m. in Swann 7.14.
Human Genetics component starts on monday 9th January at 9 a.m. in Swann 7.14.