Fall
Hour E
Michael Lysaght, Edward Hawrot
Introduces undergraduates to the main technological advances currently dominating the practice of medicine. Provides and overview of the objectives, techniques, and problems related to the application of biomedical technology to the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the contemporary health care industry. Topics include: pharmaceutical development and formulation; organ replacement by prosthesis and transplantation; medical imaging; tissue engineering, therapeutic cloning, regenerative medicine; and stem cells; and societal, economic, and ethical issues.