Week - 1 |
Introduction to medical biology, historical approach, general cell properties, cell examination methods. |
Week - 2 |
Cell organization (prokaryote-eukaryote comparison), cell membrane and properties. |
Week - 3 |
Cell structure and functions. |
Week - 4 |
Energy metabolism. |
Week - 5 |
Nature and function of genetic material, DNA-RNA, gene organization and regulation of gene expression. |
Week - 6 |
DNA packaging and structure of chromosome, cell cycle and DNA replication, transcription and translation. |
Week - 7 |
RNA structure, synthesis and function. |
Week - 8 |
Genetic code and protein synthesis, chromosomal structure and number anomalies, mutation and polymorphism. |
Week - 9 |
DNA damage and repair mechanisms, cell senescence, apoptosis and cancerization mechanisms. |
Week - 10 |
Basic principles of heredity and Mendelian inheritance in single gene diseases in humans. |
Week - 11 |
Cell cycle and cell division. |
Week - 12 |
Mutation, nutritional genes and the importance of biotechnological products. |
Week - 13 |
Molecular biology techniques. |
Week - 14 |
Genetics of inherited metabolic diseases. |