? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BMS-4-RegMed

The purpose of the course is to provide a basic grounding in the principles and practice of regenerative medicine, largely for an audience who will be the clinical and laboratory scientists involved in production and delivery of these therapeutics.
The course will cover basic molecular and developmental biology relevant to the understanding of differentiation and development at the molecular, cellular and organismal levels. It will cover the production of lines of multipotent and pluripotent stem cells, the conditions necessary to induce their differentiation into specific lineages and cell types, and the applications of these clinically and commercially.
In terms of the clinical applications, aspects of inherited or acquired diseases will be covered, that are, or in the future could be, treated by stem cell therapies. For commercial applications, the use of stem cell derived “artificial organs” in screening other therapeutics will be addressed.
The course will describe practical aspects of cell culture and molecular assays relevant to the field of stem cell biology, and will cover aspects of quality control and quality assurance necessary for the adequate delivery of stem cell based therapies within current legislative frameworks.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer.

? Costs : None

Home subject area

Medical Sciences (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 22/09/2008 10:00 12:30 NRIE UoE Seminar Room 1, Chancellor's Building, Little France

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 09:00 13:00 Med+Vet

To be decided

Examination (70%) and Course Work (30%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 1 1 hour(s) 30 minutes

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Victoria Farrar
Tel : (0131 6)50 3717
Email : v.farrar@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Philip Larkman
Tel : (0131 6)50 3517
Email : P.Larkman@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.dbcls.med.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/