MCB295A

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MCB295A - Immunotherapy Colloquium

Molecular & Cellular BiologyUndergraduateUA - UA General

Course ID

040082

Course Description

Students will explore the current state of the art in immuno-oncology: the therapeutic approach designed to activate a patient's own immune system against cancer. This approach has recently garnered significant excitement as previously incurable cancers are seeing remarkable remissions. The course will provide a brief overview of cancer and the immune system, with a focus on the novel treatments of checkpoint inhibitors, and chimeric antigen receptor transgenic therapies.

Min Units

1

Max Units

1

Repeatable for Credit

No

Grading Basis

SPF - Alternative Grading S, P, F

Career

Undergraduate

Enrollment Requirements

018110

Course Requisites

Molecular & Cellular Biology Major. This is a second-year colloquium course and requires the students to have either completed or to be concurrently enrolled in introductory biology.

May be convened with

Component

Colloquium

Optional Component

No