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Biology 637A Autoimmune Diseases

Spring, 2001 2 Credits

Dr. Fred McCorkle

Brooks 114, 774-3348

Class Meeting: Monday 12:00 - 1:50 PM

Classroom Brooks 119

 

Syllabus:

Objectives: A seminar class will explore the world of autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, aids, and allergies.

Methodolgy: This is a discussion course with each student being responsible for presenting several oral presentations of articles from the literature. With each oral presentation of 15-30 minutes the student will have references from the library and then lead a discussion of this work.

Each student will be graded on his/her oral presentations and discussion of each paper. The final will be a written exam on an autoimmune disease.

Textbook: None

Selected Topics for Discussion:

Diabetes

AIDS

Allergies

SLE

Complement Abnormalities

Amyloid Dieases

Neuroimmunologic Diseases

Antireceptor Diseases

Bibliography-

Journal of Immunology

Immunology Today

Drug Investigations

Transplantation

Nature

Science

Immunology

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Pharmacolgy

Cellular Immunology

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Pharmacological Toxicology

Inflammation

Biochemical Pharmacology

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Seminars in Immunology.

Current Opinion in Immunology

 

 

Understanding the Immune system; rex.nci.nih.gov/PATIENTS/INFO_TEACHER/bookshelf/NIH_immune

 

How your Immune System Works: howstuffworks.com/immune-system.html

 

Can Fund and Relaxation Boost your Immune System?: prevention.com/healing/living/more/981208.lvg.html

 

Medlineplus:

Evaluation:

Oral Presentatins 40 %

Discussion 20 %

Term Paper 20%

Final Exam 20%

The term paper will be a synopsis dealing with a specific autoimmune disease and its effects on immunity based upon information from at least 7 original research articles from the current scientific journals. A photo-copy of the first page of each article will be included with the paper. This paper should be no less than 7 typed pages in the body, not including title page and references. The paper may not have been used for any other course or being used for another current course.

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