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BT501 : Health Biotechnology

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Course Info

Course Category

Biotechnology

Course Level

Undergraduate

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

N/A

Instructor

Dr. Asif Nadeem
Ph.D.
UVAS, Lahore

Course Contents

Introduction to health biotechnology; social acceptance of medical biotechnology; molecular basis of disease; molecular and genetic markers; detection of mutations and infectious agents; active and passive immunization; vaccines (live, killed, recombinant DNA vaccines, subunit vaccines, DNA vaccines, edible vaccines); organ transplantation; applications of transgenic animals (animal models of diseases, farming and enhancement of farm animals); drug delivery systems; blood transfusion and grafting techniques; pharmacogenetics; gene therapy; biopharmaceuticals from plants; stem cell technology