CANCER GENETICS

GENETICS/MDGENET 565

Principles, problems, and methods of modern human genetics. Focuses on how researchers discover the genetics of diseases and how those discoveries are used to improve clinical practice. Surveys aspects of (i) the molecular function of the human genome, (ii) the basic principles of human genetics including statistical genetics, quantitative genetics, and genomic variation in human populations, (iii) the genetics of rare disorders and common diseases, and genomic analysis approaches, including genome-wide association studies and sequencing, and (iv) how genetics are used in medicine and discussions covering ethical considerations of human genomic data.

GENECSLR 724

Provides a background in cancer genetics from a medical, biological, and clinical perspective. Includes: general principles and topics in oncology; familial cancers and cancer syndromes; and management, counseling, social, ethical, and legal issues.

GENETICS/MDGENET 707

A research-level analysis of the current status of the investigation of processes controlling differential gene activity and cellular behavior. The major emphasis is genetic. In successive years, the focus moves from the gene to the cell to the organism.

GENETICS 588

Explores the interaction between genetics and the immune system. Examines the genetic mechanisms that drive the immunological and clinical differences observed between individuals when confronted with the same environment of immunological insults, such as COVID-19, influenza, allergies and cancer. Stresses clinical and research perspectives and their societal implications.

ONCOLOGY 703

Viral, chemical, and physical factors involved in tumor formation in humans and experimental animals; biology and biochemistry of neoplasia, both in vivo and in vitro.