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This course is designed to familiarize graduate students with the major controversies regarding the generation and use of new human genetic information. Topics will include the growth of ...
Adding genetic testing to the evaluation of pediatric patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) resulted in more individualized care, including changes in medication, referrals to clinical ...
Prerequisites: College level genetics course; basic biostatistics (BST 601 or BST 611 or BST 621 or equivalent); and basic epidemiology (EPI 600 or EPI 610 or equivalent). Students not meeting these ...
In his genetics course, Peifer led his students through the history of eugenics -- a term that was coined in 1883 to describe the practice of promoting planned breeding for "racial improvement ...
In a large, introductory genetics course, Walck-Shannon and her team first set out to flip the classroom, moving away from lecture-based instruction during class to active problem solving.
You'll begin your study with foundation courses in biological sciences, chemistry, mathematics and physics. At the upper-division level, you'll study advanced general topics in the biological sciences ...
In some introductory genetic courses, capital letters are used to designate a dominant gene, and lower case letters are used to designate an autosomal recessive gene. In medical (human) genetics ...
Genetic testing changes course of care in children with neurodevelopmental conditions Precision medicine shows promise in tailoring medical treatment to each individual, giving actionable results ...
Course Description. Includes laboratory. In this course, students will address the many ways that humans interact with the botanical world. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: the history ...
Genetic epidemiology examines the effect of genetic variation on a disease or a health-related outcome. Since 2007, genome wide association studies have been widely used to detect associations between ...
In his genetics course, Peifer led his students through the history of eugenics—a term that was coined in 1883 to describe the practice of promoting planned breeding for “racial improvement.” ...