Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2011-2012
BIOC 361 - METAB ENG GLOBAL HEALTH ENVMNT
Long Title: METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS
Department: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): (BIOE 362 OR GLHT 362 AND (PHYS 126 OR PHYS 102 OR PHYS 112 OR PHYS 142 AND MATH 102
Description: Importance of nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, impact of cost of compounds on global health; Overview of biochemical pathways; Genetic engineering and molecular biology tools for ME; Nutritional molecules; Pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, tamiflu-against influenza virus; anti-parasite compounds against malaria and filaria diseases; anti-diarrhea treatments). Cross-list: BIOE 361, GLHT 361.
Course URL: http://www.btb.rice.edu