Course Contents

Conventional medical biotechnology; contemporary issues in medical biotechnology; introduction to principles of gene therapy and gene delivery system; human genome, detection of gene mutations; tissue engineering and transplantation; drug delivery; biodegradable polymers; practical and theoretical problems of modern methods of disease therapy; production of therapeutical monoclonal antibodies and their uses; role of organ transplantation in curing and new organ production; use of transgenic animals in therapy; the principles and practices of transfusion techniques; preparation of blood components and their use; essentials of osteopathic principles; human and veterinary osteopathy and bone grafting; ethical issues in gene therapy and tissue engineering.

Course Synopsis

To acquaint students with biotechnology in healthcare including diagnostic tools, immunization and therapeutics