MEDT 350 Human Genetics

Introduces students to the genetic concepts and technologies Medical Technologists will need to understand and apply, and to make students aware of the expending knowledge of medical genetics and its impact on the clinical laboratory. Basic principles of genetics are presented and applied to the field of laboratory medicine and its role in patient diagnosis. Information related to Mendelian genetics, mitosis and meiosis, DNA, genes and chromosomes, transcription and translation, and mutations serve as a basic foundation for clinical applications of genetics including cytogenetics, molecular diagnostics, inherited human disorders, genetics of cancer, reproductive technologies, and prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling.

Prerequisite

1 year of Biology or permission of instructor.

Content last updated on 9/24/2004

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