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| SBIM0497-1 | New therapeutic approaches to disease
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 10h Mon. WS, 40h Pers. Res. |
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| Number of credits : |
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| Lecturer : | Collégialité, Vincent Seutin |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course is dedicated to present up-to-date approaches, including stem cells, antibody-based targeted therapies and biomaterials (internal and external devices, and nanobodies), to treat and eventually cure some of the most frequent human diseases. In addition to these emerging therapeutic options under development and validation in various medical fields - like neurodegenerative diseases, solid and non-solid cancers, orthopedics, etc... -, students will hear about current and future therapies used in the management of patients with type 1 diabetes. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of this course, students should be able to envision most of the emerging therapeutic options in common human pathological conditions, like brain diseases, cancer, orthopedic dysfunctions, diabetes, etc... |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| This course is dedicated to medical and biomedical students with a strong background in normal cell biology and physiology. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| This course is mainly given ex cathedra, with additional references to renowned book chapters and reviews.
Journal-club sessions are organized at the end of the course, and implicate the active participation of the students. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face: this course is mainly given ex cathedra.
Distance-learning: the students are encouraged to read additional book chapters and reviews and to prepare in advance journal club sessions. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Book chapters and up-to-date reviews are provided by each teacher at the beginning of each class. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation of this course is based on an oral presentation about one specific topic of the course choosen by the student (among a pre-established list of topics).
The criteria of evaluation include :
- Proactivity during lectures (20 %)
- Oral presentation (15') (50 %)
- Adequacy of coverage, knowledge and understanding
- Quality of the English (oral mostly + written (slides))
- Ability to convey a message, to communicate
- Answers to questions (15') (30 %)
- Understanding and quality of discussion
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Work placement(s) :
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| None |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The teachers are J. Caerts, P. Close, A. Turtoï, V. Seutin, Ch. Grandfils, M. Dumoulin et AS Parent. |
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Contacts :
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| Pr. V. SEUTIN : V.Seutin@ulg.ac.be |
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