Topics include techniques used to purify and characterize viruses, fractionation procedures, and methods used to study the synthesis of viral components. Offered fall semester in alternate years. Two lectures and two laboratory periods per week deal with the molecular biology of viruses. Provides biomedical sciences students with an updated, in-depth presentation of mandibular function and neuromuscular control mechanisms involved in mastication, swallowing, and speech. Lectures and student presentations cover the morphology, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology of structures required for oral motility.
Emphasis is on the clinical relevance of basic science information.
DOCB 611 or equivalent. Topics include tumor classification, experimental tumor production, theories of carcinogenesis, properties of normal and transformed cells, oncogenic DNA viruses, and oncogenic RNA viruses. Offered spring semester in alternate years. Offered first semester, alternate years. Two lectures and two laboratory periods per week deal with the genetics of bacteria and bacterial viruses.