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Human disease is produced by complex interactions between inherited genetic predisposition and environmental exposures. These interactions will be explored at the molecular, cellular, and systemic levels. Prototype diseases will include hereditary disorders of hemoglobin, hypercholesterolemia, birth defects, and cancer. Expected: Cell Biology.
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Pending Approval Students MUST register for the lecture section and the lab.
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A methodology course featuring laboratory and lecture instruction in established and leading-edge technologies. Examples: flow cytometry (multi-parameter analysis, cell sorting, DNA analysis, apoptosis analysis); molecular biology (PCR, in situ hybridization, southern blotting, cytogenetics, gene cloning, bioinformatics); digital imaging (image acquisition, processing and analysis); light microscopy (confocal, immuno-histochemistry); transmission electron microscopy (immuno/lectin/enzyme cytochemistry); scanning electron microscopy (including x-ray microanalysis).
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The biology, structure, and evolutionary history of the vertebrates considered phylogenetically, emphasizing evolution of the major body systems. Stresses an evolutionary approach to the correlation of structure and function with environment and mode of life. Labs include dissection of several different vertebrates, comparative osteological material, and a museum trip. Prerequisites: BIOL 0320 or 0800, or instructor permission. Freshmen and sophomores must obtain instructor permission to register. Students MUST register for the lecture section and the lab.
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A comprehensive study of the structure and function of human tissues and organs providing a foundation for the understanding of pathologic alterations. Relationships are drawn to aspects of development, growth, physiology, and gross anatomy. For Pfizer students only.
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Topics each year vary by section.
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This interdisciplinary course explores the history of public health in changing imperial contexts in Africa, focusing on the following questions: What are the consequences of imperial science for the production of public health knowledge about peoples, their lives, and their human possibilities? What was the role of public health in producing knowledge about race, racial difference, and disease? A course in Science and Technology Studies and/or Africana Studies strongly recommended. Enrollment restricted to third and fourth year students and limited to 20. Written permission required. An application for entry will be distributed in the first day of class. Not for concentration credit as a biology course.
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This seminar course takes a historical perspective to explore the fundamental causes of health inequality in the US. We will draw on a series of case studies from the 19th century to the present to examine the socio–political and economic context of health and disease, focusing specifically on how race, class, and gender shape the experience of health, notions of disease causality, and public health responses. Topics include the health consequences of immigration, incarceration, race-based medicine, the Chicago heat wave, and Katrina. BIOL 0200 and previous course work in Africana Studies and/or Science and Technology Studies preferred. Enrollment is restricted to second and third year students and is limited to 20 students. Written permission required. An application for entry will be distributed on the first day of class. Not for concentration credit as a biology course.
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What shapes our understandings of disease? What makes a disease real? How might we explain the demise of formerly prevalent diseases (e.g. neurasthenia) and the arrival of others (e.g., fibromyalgia)? How do politics, technologies, and institutions like hospitals affect conceptions of disease and structure their treatment? We will examine the impact of social context on patients’ experiences of disease, as well as clinical, scientific, and public health approaches to disease. We will also consider disease in relation to important social relations such the doctor-patient relationship, the power of the state to monitor and regulate disease, disparities in the burden of disease, and the cultural care of the body. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors, required instructor permission; AB Human Biology seniors intending this as capstone will have first priority; others by permission.
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