Biochemistry and Human Health

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Introduction to current issues related to human health and disease and approaches taken by biomedical scientists in response. Cancer, autoimmune diseases, and coronary heart disease; risk factors; infectious diseases, e.g., AIDS, dysentery, tuberculosis, and parasitic infections; human nutrition, food safety and preservation, and their relation to health and world food shortages. Strategies for disease treatment, e.g., animal cloning, gene therapy, genetic engineering, vaccination, and development and controversies of new pharmaceuticals such as human hormones.