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