BIOL3043 Cellular and Molecular Pathology

Module Aims

• To study recent advances in selected areas of biomedical science. • To gain insight into the use of basic science in understanding the cell and molecular biology of specific disease processes.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Regulation of epithelial cell-cell adhesion by tumour suppressors and protooncogenes. Dysregulation of this process in invasion and metastasis of cancer cells.
• Basic outline of control of the cell cycle and cell metabolism. The role of dysregulation of these processes by genetic and epigenetic changes in the progression and treatment of cancer. 
• Key aspects of apoptosis and its misregulation in cancers.
• Key aspects of the molecular basis of ageing.
• Understand the mechanisms of tumour cell motility, and how cancers spread.
• Define the processes that occur during acute brain injury, and the pathogenesis of acute neurodegeneration
• The role of stem cells in normal physiology, and their potential for therapy. The potential of IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.