CLINICAL CASES IN MEDICAL GENETICS

GENETICS 605

Course Description

The use of genetics in medicine has experienced significant growth over the past 50 years, identifying risk genes, and devising diagnostic tests and therapies based on this knowledge for specific clinical disorders such as cystic fibrosis, achondroplasia, and Retts syndrome. MDs and biomedical scientists from UW Hospital and Clinics, the School of Medicine and Public Health, and other UW units will present lectures in this field followed by question-answers sessions. Other class sessions will be devoted to student presentations and open discussion of research literature.

Prerequisties

GENETICS 466 , GENETICS 467 or BIOCORE 383

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.66

3% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

51.43%

10.89% from Historical

Class Size

52.17% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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