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diseases and provides analysis stained and interpreted; identifying to the diagnosis, and treatment
of immunotherapies. The course cell types and tissues from their of cancer patients. The course
introduces immunotherapeutic histological appearance; the summarizes the latest knowledge to
strategies and the potential structures of a number of tissues date about cancer and how the field
adverse effects of long-term with relationship to their functions; is evolving.
immune-modulation. Concepts major pathological changes and
detailed include current strategies their histological appearance; and BMS 402 - Hematology II
for preventing organ transplant identifying histopathological changes Credit Hours: 3
rejection, focusing on the and their relationship to underlying Prerequisite: BMS 4470B
mechanism of action of the potent disease processes.
immunosuppressant’s rapamycin This hematology II course is
and Cyclosporin A. Also examined The laboratory sessions will teach directed towards the learning and
are infectious disease vaccines skills in preservation/fixation, wax understanding of pathological
and adjuvants - innate immune embedding, sectioning, staining disorders of the hematology system,
activators, current vaccination and mounting slides and finally, including benign and malignant
strategies, vaccine subtypes, adjuvant microscope skills. conditions. It aims at aFebruary 2023
requirements, vaccine benefits versus BMS 4470B - Hematology I multidisciplinary approach involving
risks, and vaccine safety. hematopathology, pediatric and adult
Credit Hours: 3 hematology/oncology, pharmacology,
BMS 301 - Systematic and Prerequisite: BMS 23010C and immunology to attain the
Cellular Pathology maximum benefit of integration. The
Credit Hours: 3 The practice of laboratory course will cover concepts of blood
Prerequisite: BME 381 hematology varies from microscopy cell development and abnormal
to advanced genetic analysis.
blood cell morphology in all types of
The course is designed to provide This course is both laboratory hematologic diseases and anemia.
information on the cellular changes and classroom based. The The students will gain knowledge
that occur in the pathology of major classroom component will cover about the methods of microscopic
systems and how the disease state the composition of blood myeloid analysis of hemoglobinopathies,
may affect structure and function of and lymphoid cellular origins blood grouping and blood
the different systems. Information or blood cells; transfusion and transfusion, and its complications.
will include: a) An appreciation red cell antigens; anaemia and The course will give an overall view
of changes in the cellular, tissue haemoglobinopathies; coagulations of bone marrow failure, stem cell
and organ morphology due to and haemolysis disorders; and transplantation, and hematological
disease processes; b) Details of leukaemia and lymphoma. The malignancies. It will also cover topics
alterations in cellular, tissue and laboratory sessions will cover of coagulation factor deficiencies,
organ function due to disease; c) blood smear preparations; Coulter platelets, and common thrombotic
Cellular pathology techniques e.g. counters and cell flowcytometry; disorders.
microtomy, microscopy, staining, ABO Rhesus testing; anaemia and
immunocytochemistry and haemoglobinopathy testing; clotting BMS 44110B - Metabolic Disease
immunofluorescence. A lab report, and haemolysis analysis II
MCQ examination and data analysis BMS 34130A - Cancer Biology I Credit Hours: 3
will assess recall. Prerequisite: BMS 34110B
Credit Hours: 3
BMS 4470A - Histopathology Prerequisite: BMS 23010C Disruption of metabolic and energy
Credit Hours: 3 homeostasis plays key roles leading
Prerequisite: BMS 301 The Cancer Biology course is to metabolic disorders. Metabolism
a major course for Biomedical includes various pathways of
This course is both classroom and Sciences (BMS) and Molecular & chemical reactions; understanding
laboratory based. The classroom Medical Genetics (MMG) programs these pathways leads to an
sessions include: an introduction designed to prepare students in their improved knowledge of the causes,
to histology and the role of premedical studies for future careers prevention, and cures for human
histopathology in diagnosis of in these fields. This course includes diseases. This course provides a
disease; using a light microscope a comprehensive description of all concise yet thorough explanation
and understanding the potentials aspects of cancer biology from the of human metabolism and its role
and limits of the instrument; how causes, and mechanistic view of in health and diseases. Focusing on
histological slides are produced, dysregulation of cellular processes, the physiological context of human

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