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Faculty of Science Postgraduate Booklet, Session 2018/2019

References:
1. Plant Biotechnology – The Genetic Manipulation of Plants Slater A, Scott NW and Fowler MR,
Oxford University Press (2008) ISBN 978-0-19-928261-6
2. High-Tech Harvest (2004) Paul Lurquin, Westview Press

SOC 7005 Diagnostics and Therapeutics

This course aims to provide a critical overview and understanding of biotechnological application
relevant to the improvement of human health. Topics to be covered include molecular techniques in
disease prevention, diagnostics, disease outbreak investigations, vaccine production, current
treatment of genetic disorders through gene therapy, epigenetics in medicine as well as discourses
on the legal, ethical and socio-economic impacts of biotechnology on human health improvement.

Assessment Methods
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final examination: 50%

Medium of Instruction
English

Transferable Skills
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Humanity Skill:
CT5, CS4, EM3

References:
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1. Human Molecular Genetics (4 Edition), Tom Strachan & Adrew Read, Taylor & Francis
Group, Garland Sciences 2010 ISBN 9780815341499.
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2. Sherris Medical Microbilogy (6 Edition), Kenneth J. Ryan & C. George Ray, McGraw-Hill
Education, 2014 ISBN 978-0-07-181826.

SOC 7006 Current Issues and Technologies in Biotechnologies

Technical staff of scientific companies and scientists from within and upside the university will be
invited to give seminars including simple hands-on demonstration practical on current technologies
for biotechnologies research. The topics will be selected based on current needs of the students and
the industries.

Assessment Methods
Continuous Assessment: 100%
Grade notification via notice board, on line notification via SpectrUM.

Medium of Instruction
English

Transferable Skills
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