Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Learning Methods
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Module Offerings
6104BMBMOL-JAN-CTY
Aims
To provide a bench to bedside approach to cancer underpinning the key molecular and cellular events during initiation and progression of cancer, and an appreciation of diagnostic techniques and therapies available.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically discuss the hallmarks of cancer.
2.
Evaluate current scientific literature, in order to prepare and present a scientific poster.
3.
Evaluate the key principles of cancer diagnosis and therapy.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The students' understanding of the cell cycle will be extended. The genetic basis of Cancer will be covered - changes in oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, chromosomal alterations and DNA repair. Understanding of processes in carcinogenesis – chemical carcinogens and mutagens, genotoxicity tests, risk factors including effect of diet and nutrition - will be developed. The module will cover key features of specific types of cancers including tumour progression, benign and malignant, invasion and metastasis, immunology and cancer, aspects of diagnostics – histological and molecular techniques involved in identifying disease. Students will be introduced to therapeutics – classical and novel therapies, adverse effects - to modulating cellular defence mechanisms and to genetic counselling
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide a bench to bedside approach to cancer, underpinning the key molecular and cellular events during the initiation and progression of cancer and providing an appreciation of diagnostic techniques and therapies available. The module aims to consolidate your prior learning in genetics, histology, cell biology, molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry within a disease model.
The aim of this module is to provide a bench to bedside approach to cancer, underpinning the key molecular and cellular events during the initiation and progression of cancer and providing an appreciation of diagnostic techniques and therapies available. The module aims to consolidate your prior learning in genetics, histology, cell biology, molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry within a disease model.
Additional Information:This course is designed to provide students with a holistic, bench to bedside overview to cancer biology, diagnostics and therapy. This module aims to consolidate students prior learning in genetics, histology, cell biology, molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry within a disease model. The course is based around the hallmarks of cancer and enabling characteristics and novel therapies.