Learning outcomes

The emphasis of the course is in modern medical genetics, in genomic and personalized medicine together with technologies and bioinformatic tools used in genetic research, and diagnostic applications.

Contents

Medical Genetics is a specialty of medicine. It covers the molecular basis of human hereditary diseases including for example germline cancer genetics, clinical manifestations of genetic disorders, and applications of molecular genetics to medical practice. The completion of the Human Genome Project and the rapid development and application of new technologies have made it possible to understand the human genome and its gene set, with a precision that was only dreamed of some years ago. This transformation has an effect in how we behold human physiology and pathology, how we view the concept of “normal”, and the so called personalized medicine, which is built on genome-based information of individual susceptibility to disease and therapeutic options.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	40 h	0 h

Lectures/contact teaching 40 hours including possible exercises, group work and other material as referred to and given during the course.

Teaching language

English

If all students understand Finnish, then the course is in Finnish.

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Final exam 80%, course exercises 20%

Recommended year of study

4. year spring

3. periodi, will be taught frst time in 2012.

Study materials

Huntington F. Willard & Geoffrey S. Ginsburg (2009), Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Volume 1 & 2, Academic Press, selected chapters, and other material as informed during the course.

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