Advanced Biological Chemistry II

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Pre-requisite: FABI 6311. This course deals with the characteristics of the human genome, the replication and repair of the genetic material, the transcription and translation of genetic information, the alteration of genetic material (mutations), and its consequences (genetic diseases), and the modern methods and techniques of molecular biology (recombinant DNA technology, gene therapy and cloning) the general mechanisms of hormone action and the molecular bases of nutrition are dealt with in this course. In this course lecture, st udent oral presentation and internet search will be used among other instructional strategy.