MED2052

Tissue injury, neoplasia and inflammation and infection and immunity

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Unit 1: Professor J W Goding and Dr R Salom (Pathology and Immunology). Unit 2: Associate Professor J K Davies (microbiology)

Synopsis: Unit 1 Tissue injury, neoplasia and inflammation - includes mechanisms of tissue injury, inflammation, cell death and repair, control of growth at the cellular and molecular level, affects of neoplasia, and an outline of how these processes affect specific tissues and organs.+ Unit 2 Infection and immunity - conducted by the departments of Microbiology and Pathology and Immunology. Topics include microorganisms and disease; the immune system; host-pathogen interactions; parasites and disease; bacterial and viral pathogenesis; control of microorganisms; the immune response to infection; vaccines; mechanism of immunological tissue damage; immunodeficiency diseases; tolerance and autoimmunity.

Assessment: tba