Medical Biotechnology is an engineering curriculum that uses technology from bioengineering to develop technologies useful for medicine. The field has applications for everything from a variety of diseases such as cancer to infectious diseases. Students learn in the course the fundamentals of developing materials and technologies with applications for people, as well as being instructed on diagnostic technologies such as biosensing, imaging, and biomarkers, and also developing technologies for regenerative medicine, drug delivery systems, cancer treatment, etc. Students are first provided with an overview of the basics of bioengineering applied to medicine, and are instructed on the properties required of bioengineering materials from a perspective of disposition. In addition, students are taught the basics of biosensing technology crucial to bioengineering, and are introduced to applications for infectious diseases, etc. Getting an overview of applications of these technologies for diagnostic techniques and treatments for cancer, students are instructed on cutting edge bioengineering.
Students will acquire the following from taking this course.
1) Acquire knowledge in bioengineering geared towards medical applications
2) Learn the fundamentals and applications of drug delivery systems
3) Learn the fundamentals and applications of biosensing
4) Learn about the biology of cancer, and diagnosing and treatment techniques for cancer
Biomaterial, Pharmacokinetics, Imaging probe, Drug delivery system, Biosensing, Infectious disease, Cancer
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Always check the required learning for each class and be sure to complete them as part of preparation and review.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction of medical biotechnology | Understand the variety and property of biomaterials |
Class 2 | Infectious disease and biological defense | Learn detection, diagnoses technology such as infectious diseases |
Class 3 | Administration routes of biomaterials to the body | Acquire knowledge of various administration routes of biomaterials to the body |
Class 4 | Analysis of pharmacokinetics for biomaterials | Understand pharmacokinetics of biomaterials |
Class 5 | Design of DDS based on the study of the human body structure | Learn how to design DDS based on understanding the human body structure Learn cancer biology |
Class 6 | Cancer Biology | Learn cancer biology |
Class 7 | Study on DDS on the market and in advanced stage of development. Introduction of advanced and future design of DDS | Acquire knowledge of DDS on the market and in advanced stage of development. |
Class 8 | Basic understanding of bio-sensing | Acquire basic knowledge about bio-sensing |
Class 9 | Development research of bio-sensing | Learn the development research of bio-sensing |
Class 10 | Chemotherapy and drug resistance | Learn detection, diagnoses technology such as infectious diseases |
Class 11 | Cancer therapy | Acquire knowledge of major cancer therapies |
Class 12 | Cancer detection | Acquire knowledge of diagnostic method for cancer |
Class 13 | Development of anti-cancer drugs | Acquire knowledge of anti-cancer drugs |
Class 14 | Development for cancer diagnosis and treatments | Acquire knowledge of therapeutic method for cancer |
Class 15 | Summary: Biomedical engineering in diagnosis and treatments for diseases | Understand new medical biotechnology |
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Handouts will be distributed at the beginning of class and elaborated on using Power Point slides. These documents are available in advance via the OCW system if necessary.
Reports (4 times)
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.