Requisite(s): 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry
This subject covers: biochemical and genetic aspects of human diseases for students planning careers in medical science, diagnostic biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology; calcium and bone disorders, such as osteoporosis; lipid metabolism and genotypes associated with familial hyperlipidaemia; assessment of thyroid and adrenal hormonal status using radioimmunoassay techniques; genetic basis of tests used to screen newborn infants for inborn errors of metabolism, e.g. phenylketonuria and cystic fibrosis, and for heritable diseases affecting adults such as haemaochromatosis (iron overload); scientific and social impacts of the human geonome project and discoveries of genotypes predisposing individuals to diseases such as bowel and breast cancer; current approaches to gene therapy for diabetes and other diseases; cancer chemotherapy and multi-drug resistance; and directed practicals and student project to evaluate test procedures used to detect and monitor the diseases covered.
Spring semester, City campus
This subject was formerly called Clinical Biochemistry 2.