Undergraduate Course: Molecular Biology of Disease (MLBI10017)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Basic research in cell biology, genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology leads to detailed knowledge of biological systems, both normal and diseased, and indicates how new diagnostic and therapeutic tools may be developed with which to tackle diseases for which there may be no good treatments at present. The lectures in this course, given by experts drawn from different parts of the University and from associated research institutes in Edinburgh, illustrates how fundamental research can lead to improvements the health and welfare. This will be done by consideration of how defects in basic biological processes such as protein modification and DNA repair contribute to diseased states, and by the discussion of current research into specific conditions including cystic fibrosis and prion diseases.
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Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 24, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 74 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Open-book, online exam in December
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00