MCD BIO 168
Stem Cell Biology
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 138, 165A. Strongly recommended: courses 143, 165B (or Microbiology 132). State-of-art education of embryonic and adult stem cells and how these pluripotent/multipotent cells can be used to treat congenital defects, diseases, or injury in humans. Review of current knowledge of human and mouse embryonic stem cells and how they develop into various tissue types. Discussion of adult stem cells in hematopoietic, nervous, and other organ systems to provide examples of tissue-specific stem cells and their impact in human disease. Examination of various model organisms as examples of how model organisms have helped to discover fundamental principles in stem cell biology. How advances in cell and molecular biology and tissue engineering can be applied to use of stem cells in regenerative medicine. Ethical and legal issues related to stem cell research. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2018 - Pro: -relatively straightforward upper div -felt more like a seminar due to all of the guest lecturers -opportunity to be exposed to different types of research and scientists at UCLA -Dr. Mikkola is pretty nice and helpful Con: -slightly repetitive from what I've already learned in other MCDB classes -because there were guest lecturers every week or so, you have to get use to each person's lecturing style -not recorded
Winter 2018 - Pro: -relatively straightforward upper div -felt more like a seminar due to all of the guest lecturers -opportunity to be exposed to different types of research and scientists at UCLA -Dr. Mikkola is pretty nice and helpful Con: -slightly repetitive from what I've already learned in other MCDB classes -because there were guest lecturers every week or so, you have to get use to each person's lecturing style -not recorded
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