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Description
This module aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors driving progress in the translational biomedicine field. This includes our current state of knowledge about what disease is, how we research the underlying biological mechanisms and how we develop novel treatments.
Core topic areas will include
- What are the most important diseases?
- What diseases offer commercial opportunities?
- What are the pathobiological mechanisms that lead to disease?
- How can we research disease mechanisms?
- How can we treat diseases?
Content will include the Pathobiology of common diseases, the Technological approaches in diagnostics and the science underpinning common therapeutic approaches (small molecules, biologics, and gene and cell therapy)
The module will be based on a mixture of traditional lectures, tutorials, eLearning and flipped teaching.
This module aims to provide students with the
- core scientific background knowledge to enable them to understand the rationale and priorities which drive R&D strategies in the current biotech and pharmaceutical industry
- sound understanding of how science informs therapeutic approaches to disease and the intersections between technology, diagnosis and pathobiology
- technical knowledge to assess the underlying scientific approaches and paradigms which enable the identification of potential entrepreneurial opportunities.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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