Faculty First Year Seminars 197BIO7 - Molecular Mechanisms of Diseas

In this course, we will discuss the cell, genetic and molecular biology mechanisms and pathophysiology of selected diseases and conditions. These will include such diseases as diabetes, sickle cell anemia, African Sleeping Sickness, cancer with known etiologies such as Li Fraumeni Syndrome and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Fragile X Syndrome and Huntington?s Disease. We will use a combination of readings and case studies to discuss various aspects of these diseases and conditions. I will integrate a discussion of careers in the life sciences into this first-year seminar as well.

Freshmen Only