Undergraduate - UnitPAC2161 - Cell function, communication and pathology

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6 points, SCA Band 0 (NATIONAL PRIORITY), 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Offered	Sunway First semester 2012 (Day) Parkville First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Sab Ventura (Parkville); Dr Tang Kim San (Sunway)

Synopsis

This unit will provide a foundation of fundamental aspects of cell biology, cell physiology and ways that cells communicate with each other in the human body.

This unit will relate the pathophysiology of various diseases and disorders with the use of specific drug classes.

This will involve:

Introduction to Cell Biology
Cell Biology & Signalling
Stem Cells and Development
Cell Pathophysiology (Cancer)
Pharmacology
Autocoids
Inflammatory Responses
Endocrinology

Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

Differentiate between the basic molecular-genetic mechanisms by which cells are regulated in a multicellular organism.
Appreciate the fundamental approaches and methods used to study cells.
Describe the special properties inherent to stem cells or specialized cells.
Understand the ways in which cell control is disrupted in diseases such as cancer.
Diagnose a disorder by examination of signs and symptoms.
Relate modifications of physiological and molecular mechanisms to the observed disorder and describe the role of receptor activation and intracellular signalling in normal and abnormal cellular function.