Molecular Foundations in Medicine

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Molecular Foundations in Medicine (MFM) reviews the fundamental underlying concepts of life: cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics. The goals of this course are to: • provide a foundational understanding of the cell as the basic unit of life; • review the cellular physiology of proliferation, biosynthesis, bioenergetics, and waste disposal; • demonstrate how defects at the cellular and molecular level serve as the basis of human disease; • review the concept of genomic and personalized medicine; • lay the foundation for your subsequent coursework in anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology.