一、Course Desc<x>ription
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<br>1. This course provides a general overview of recent advancement of medical 
<br>biotechnology.
<br>2. Major medical biotechnology fields including drugs, vaccine, medical devices, 
<br>and diagnostics will be introduced. 
<br>3. This course is of advanced level and is more suitable for students with strong 
<br>biochemistry background.
<br>4. This course will conduct intensive discussion in the classroom.
<br>5. In addition to technology, business and ethic aspects will be included.
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<br> 二、Text Books
<br>No textbook will be assigned.
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<br> 三、References
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<br>Selected articles from biotechnology journal will be assigned.
<br>Scientific American
<br>Nature Biotechnology
<br>Trends in Biotechnology
<br>Current Opinions in Biotechnology 
<br>etc.
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<br> 四、Teaching Method
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<br>Lectures, Discussion, student presentation 
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<br> 五、Syllabus
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<br>Topics to be discussed in the class
<br>1、Biotechnology: current status and perspective
<br>2. Application of genomics, proteomics, me<x>tabolomics, microbiomics, and other 
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<br>omics in medical biotechnology
<br>3. [Protein drugs -1] Protein and antibody drug engineering
<br>4. [Protein drugs -2] Recombinant protein production
<br>5. [Small molecule drugs -1] Herbal medicine and natural compounds as drug
<br>6. [Small molecule drugs -2] Nucleoside analogs, antimicrobials, others
<br>5. [Vaccines]  
<br>7. [Nucleic acid drug2 -1] DNA and gene therapy
<br>8. [Nucleic acid drugs -2] mRNA, siRNA, and other RNA-ba<x>sed drugs.
<br>9. Drugs/vaccines formulation and delivery
<br>10.Problem-ba<x>sed discussion (1) 
<br>11. [Diagnostics -1] Chemistry and physics of in vitro diagnostics
<br>12. [Diagnostics -2] Biochips/bioMEMS /biosensors/imaging
<br>13. [Regenerative medicine -1] Biomaterials
<br>14  [Regenerative medicine -2] Stem cells and Tissue engineering
<br>15. Medical devices
<br>16. Problem-ba<x>sed discussion (2)
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<br> 六、Evaluation
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<br>Oral presentation 10%
<br>Term paper 10%
<br>Class participation 40%
<br>Examination 40%
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<br> 七、Website
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<br>Please consult the university iLMS E-learning platform.
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