100214880 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Pre-Requisites : 100214030

Medical applications (objectives, techniques and problems) of biotechnology starting from prevention (pre-symptom diagnosis of diseases using molecular tools), gene therapy and treatment vectors or vehicles (techniques of gene transfer) as well as other strategies of treatment, future hopes of genetic protection, pharmaceuticals development and formulation, designing the production of drugs and vital compounds (enzymes, proteins, hormones…) by selected existing organisms or by genetically modified organisms at an industrial level, functional genomics and applications of the human genetic code, organ replacement, drug delivery systems, medical imaging and intensive care technology in addition to discussing selected research papers in class if possible.