BIOL 5821 — Cell and Gene Therapies

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: WBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional

Presents a comprehensive overview of the most recent clinical approaches in treating previously known incurable diseases. Focuses on an introduction to cell and gene therapy, how gene therapies are developed to treat some rare and genetic diseases, different modalities of in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy (cell therapy), the delivery of genetic materials to the cells, limitations, and more. Offers students an opportunity to learn about CAR T-cell therapy, different types of viruses (AAVs and retroviruses), nanoparticles, CRISPR-Cas9, RNA interference(RNAi), and many more tools in this fast-paced field.

Prerequisites

• one of:
  • BIOL 4707 (min C-)
  • one of:
    • BIOL 5543 (min C-)
    • BIOL 5543 (min C-)
    • BIOL 5543 (min C-)
  • one of:
    • BIOL 5591 (min C-)
    • BIOL 5591 (min C-)
    • BIOL 5591 (min C-)
  • one of:
    • NNMD 5270 (min C-)
    • NNMD 5270 (min C-)
    • NNMD 5270 (min C-)
  • PHSC 2330 (min C-)
  • one of:
    • PHSC 5300 (min C-)
    • PHSC 5300 (min C-)
    • PHSC 5300 (min C-)
  • one of:
    • PHSC 5500 (min C-)
    • PHSC 5500 (min C-)
    • PHSC 5500 (min C-)

Offering history

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Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 53% · Th 0% · F 0%

Common patterns: W (53% of sections), async (47% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

• Sahar Tavakoli (100% of students) · reviews

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Unlocks

BIOT 5840

Courses that list BIOL 5821 in their prerequisites.

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