PMSC 3114 - Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics

(4 credits)

Biochemical understanding of proteins, sugars, lipids, vitamins and nucleic acids is fueling the explosion of knowledge in physiology and medicine. This course will demonstrate how basic principles of biochemical structure govern metabolic pathways in normal human health, malfunction of these pathways in disease, and the chemical basis for drugs that are prescribed to correct these malfunctions.