Stem Cell Technology detailed syllabus for Biotechnology (BioTech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BioTech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BioTech 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to BioTech Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of stem cell technology is as follows.
Unit I
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Unit II
HUMAN EMBRYONIC AND ADULT STEM CELL 9
Stem cells and their developmental potential. In vitro fertilization-culturing of embryos – blastocyst-inner cell mass-isolation and growing ES cells in lab; Identification and characterization of human ES cells. Somatic stem cells-test for identification of adult stem cells- adult stem cell differentiation-trans differentiation-plasticity-different types of adult stem cells-liver stem cells-skeletal muscle stem cells-bone marrow derived stem cells.
Unit III
DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS INTO CELL TYPES 9
Factors influencing cell specialization – internal factors – asymmetric segregation, cell signaling mechanisms – diffusion, direct contact and gap junctions; environmental factors – temperature, drugs and injuries; mechanism of stem cell differentiation – errors in cell differentiation – anaplasia, dysplasia and metaplasia.
Unit IV
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Unit V
APPLICATION AND ETHICAL ISSUES 9
Therapeutic applications-Parkinsons disease, Cancer stem cell – Neural stem cell for central nervous system repair – Spinal cord injury – use of ESC to treat heart disease – Burns and skin ulcers – Orthopaedic applications of stem cell – Insulin-producing Cells Derived from Stem cells: A Potential Treatment for Diabetes; Stem cell policy and ethics, stem cell research: Hype, hope and controversy.
Course Outcomes:
- To differentiate different types of stem cells and to characterize them
- To gain knowledge on animal and plant stem cells
- To develop techniques to program stem cells into specific cell types
- To determine the factors affecting stem cell differentiation
- To understand the role of stem cells in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- To become familiarized with stem cell technology and its applications for the betterment of society
Text Books:
- Stem cells by C.S Potten., Elsevier, 2006.
- Essentials of Stem Cell Biology by Robert Lanza., fourth edition. Elsevier 2014.
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