Undergraduate Course: Regenerative Medicine (BIME10017)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Regenerative Medicine seeks to harness both the intrinsic developmental programs by which the tissues and organs of the body are laid down, as well as the capacity of the body to repair and regenerate it¿s own tissues, to provide solutions to the problems of degenerative diseases. These solutions may concern direct tissue replacement, indirect mechanisms to ameliorate disease or enhance intrinsic tissue repair, or the development of pharmaceutical therapies.
The purpose of the course is to provide a basic grounding in the principles and practice of regenerative medicine, largely for an audience who will be the clinical and laboratory scientists involved in production and delivery of these therapeutics.¿ The course will introduce the concepts of regenerative medicine, the nature of stem cells of different types, their current use in medicine and the prospects for their future use in medicine, veterinary medicine and the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. It will cover the production of lines of multipotent and pluripotent stem cells, the conditions necessary to induce their differentiation into specific lineages and cell types, and the applications of these clinically and commercially.¿ In terms of the clinical applications, aspects of inherited or acquired diseases will be covered, that are, or in the future could be, treated by stem cell therapies. For commercial applications, the use of stem cell derived artificial organs in screening other therapeutics will be addressed.¿The course will describe practical aspects of cell culture and molecular assays relevant to the field of stem cell biology, and will cover aspects of quality control and quality assurance necessary for the adequate delivery of stem cell based therapies within current legislative frameworks.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
¿ At the end of the course the students will understand
¿ the basic concepts of regenerative medicine and the contribution stem cells make to normal homeostasis.
¿ The nature of stem cells and the concept of potency
¿ The definition and derivation of embryonic stem cells, and the regulatory and ethical issues that concern the derivation of such cells.
¿ The derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells, the potential uses and problems associated with their use.
¿ The mechanisms of liver homeostasis and the derivation of hepatocytes from stem cells
¿ The development of neurons from progenitors and the application of stem cells to degenerative neural diseases
¿ The development of the haematopoietic system from multipotent progenitors and the clinical use of stem cells in haematopoietic stem cell transplants
¿ The ethical and regulatory framework surrounding the derivation and use of stem cells for clinical and pharmaceutical purposes
¿ Students will also have achieved
¿ Attainment of advanced skills in reading and understanding the primary literature
¿ Development of scientific problem solving skills
¿ Development of oral presentation skills
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Assessment Information
Students will be assessed by a combination of in-course assessment, which will account for 50% of the final mark, and a final exam, which will account for 50% of the final mark. The in-course assessment will consist of:
1. A presentation on a topic in Regenerative Medicine to last no more than 10 minutes, followed by up to 5 minutes of questioning on the presentation.
2. A short essay or précis of a topic in Regenerative Medicine. The maximum length of this essay should be 1500 words, with a buffer zone of 200 words. References and Figure legends will NOT be counted within the word limit.
Exam: 2 hours answering 2 essay questions, one from each of two sections |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Stem cell, tissue repair, degenerative disease |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Paul Travers
Tel: (0131) 242 9458
Email: paul.travers@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lisa Ketchion
Tel: (0131 6)51 1629
Email: Lisa.Ketchion@ed.ac.uk |
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