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CHEM_ENG 373: Biotechnology and Global Health

This course is not currently offered.

Description

This class will (a) examine the design, development, and commercialization of healthcare technologies for low-income countries and (b) explore recent advances in genetic engineering, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and tissue engineering. By linking the two, students will gain an understanding of the myriad of commercialization opportunities and challenges associated with deploying these biotechnology advances as healthcare preventative, diagnostic, or treatment products.

Textbooks

By RICHARDS-KORT
EDITION: 10
PUBLISHER: CAMB
ISBN: 9780521877978

and

BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS
By RENNEBERG
EDITION: 2ND 17
PUBLISHER: ELSEVIER
ISBN: 9780128012246