PA3802: MECHANISMS OF DISEASE AND PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPY (2021-2022)

The course is designed to give the students a basic understanding of the mechanisms of disease.

• by understanding the process of a disease we can find ways of both treating it and/or preventing it;
• this course uses the examples of cancer, infectious disease and inflammatory disease to illustrate this;
• the factors leading to or causing the disease will be described;
• using this knowledge the way in which the drugs used to treat the disease work will be discussed;
• problems that arise from drug treatment such as drug resistance will also be covered

• One of BI20M3 Molecular Biology of the Gene (Passed) or BI25M6 Energy for Life (Passed) or BI25M7 Energy for Life (Passed) or BSc Neuroscience with Psychology or BSc in Neuroscience with Psychology (Intercalating) or MSci Neuroscience with Psychology & in Pl't
• Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
• Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4