510-310 Defence Mechanisms and Their Failure

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Subject Description

Objectives are to develop an understanding of immune mechanisms, the major groups of pathogens in human disease, community implications of infectious disease, oncogenesis and tumour biology and the principles of clinical and laboratory diagnosis and pharmacological intervention in infectious, inflammatory and immune disease. Content includes mechanisms of inflammation, organisation and function of the immune system, disturbances of immune function, biology of pathogenic organisms in human disease, principles of antimicrobial therapy, laboratory diagnosis of infectious and immune disease, epidemiology and public health aspects of infectious diseases, mechanisms of oncogenesis, biology of tumour progression, scientific basis of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer and haematological malignancies.

Assessment

Written assignment(s) of not more than 2000 words in total and/or mid-semester test(s) (20%); PBL tutor assessment (10%); practical examination (10%); end-of-semester examinations of up to six hours (60%).