Students read, summarize, evaluate research, and review articles from the scientific literature and discuss in groups the material covered in the readings and lectures. This course is aimed at providing students with current knowledge on cancer biology and on the molecular genetic approaches which can be used to reveal the fundamental process of cancer development. Biol 230W or Biol 222 . The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of the events characterizing human embryological development. However, because of the experimental importance of other vertebrate systems, this course will also discuss development of frog, chick, and mouse embryonic systems.
Embryology begins with cells resulting from reproductive systems.
For that reason, the anatomy and hormonal control of male and female reproductive systems will be discussed. Because sexually transmitted diseases are in epidemic proportions worldwide, several lectures will be spend on the major sexually transmitted diseases. In addition to normal development, the course will also discuss developmental errors and their clinical consequences. This course will focus on the understanding of genetic mechanisms that regulate animal development. The course is not a comprehensive overview of development but concentrates on two topics, pattern formation and nervous system development.