Cancer Biology Biotech 6th Sem Syllabus for B.Tech 2017 Regulation Anna Univ (Professional Elective III) detail syllabus for Biotechnology (Biotech), 2017 regulation is collected from the Anna Univ official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (BT8007), Category (PE), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
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Course Objective:
To enable the students to understand
- Basic biology of cancer
- Impact of antibodies against cancer in the human body leading to more effective treatments
- Enhanced immunology based detection methods and imaging techniques
- Development of cell based and cytokine based immunotherapy against cancer.
Unit I
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Unit II
Principles of Carcinogenesis
Theory of carcinogenesis, Chemical carcinogenesis, metabolism of carcinogenesis, principles of physical carcinogenesis, x-ray radiation-mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis.
Unit III
Principles of Molecular Cell Biology of Cancer
Signal targets and cancer, activation of kinases; Oncogenes, identification of oncogenes, retroviruses and oncogenes, detection of oncogenes. Oncogenes/proto oncogene activity. Growth factors related to transformation. Telomerases.
Unit IV
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Unit V
New Molecules for Cancer Therapy
Different forms of therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, detection of cancers, prediction of aggressiveness of cancer, advances in cancer detection. Use of signal targets towards therapy of cancer; Gene therapy.
Course Outcome:
The course would facilitate the students
- To appreciate the role of immune system in cancer
- To describe self – tolerance machinery and immune surveillance
- To understand the cancer microenvironment and its influence on immune cells
- To have awareness on medical applications of cytokines and immune cells against cancer
Text Books:
- Weinberg, R.A. The Biology of Cancer Garland Science, 2007
- McDonald, F etal., Molecular Biology of Cancer IInd Edition. Taylor and Francis, 2004.
References:
- King, Roger J.B. Cancer Biology Addison Wesley Longman, 1996.
- Ruddon, Raymond W. Cancer Biology IIIrd Edition . Oxford University Press, 1995.
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