Biotechnology II focuses on the applications of biotechnology to medicine and other disciplines. Through a combination of lectures, videos, readings of scientific articles, class discussions and presentations, students explore recent developments in the biotech industry. Topics can include stem cell therapy and animal cloning, novel drugs and vaccines for emerging infectious diseases, immunotherapies to treat cancer, and the potential of genomics, proteomics and pharmacogenomics to identify drug targets and identify disease processes.

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