- Docente: Paolo Garagnani
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 9079)
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from Nov 22, 2023 to Dec 11, 2023
Learning outcomes
This course aims to provide graduate with knowledge on the pathological bases of main human disorders.
Course contents
CELLULAR PATHOLOGY
-Etiology and pathogenesis
-Cellular adaptations: hyperplasia, atrophy, metaplasia
-Cell damage, autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis
DEFENSE MECHANISMS and IMMUNOLOGY
-Damage signals and the damage response
-Innate immune system
-Acute and chronic inflammation
-Systemic effects of inflammation, fever and thermoregulation
-Repair of wounds
-Hemostasis and coagulation cascade
-Adaptive immunity: B and T cells
- Vaccines
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Infectious Agents - Viruses
-Mechanisms of Infection - SARS-Cov-2
-Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Infections - SARS-Cov-2
-Prevention and Treatment of Infections - SARS-Cov-2
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETIC PATHOLOGY
-Maintenance and transmission of genetic information
-DNA and RNA
-DNA mutations
-Genetic diseases
autosomal dominant inheritance
autosomal recessive inheritance
X-linked
- Chromosomal disorders
ONCOLOGY
-Characteristics of the tumor cell
-Neoplastic process
-Classification of tumors
-Molecular genetics of tumors, oncogenes and tumor suppressors
-Carcinogenic Agents
-HPV - Mechanisms of carcinogenesis
-HPV - Epidemiology and prevention
Readings/Bibliography
At the beginning of the integrated course (I.C.), students will receive indication on updated didactic materials produced in electronic format. These materials are stored on AMS Campus AlmaDL University of Bologna website: http://campus.unibo.it/ . Username and password are those given to each student of the University of Bologna.
Teaching methods
Ex-cathedra lessons and practices on computers
Assessment methods
Written final examination via true/false quiz
Teaching tools
Video (multimedial) and overhead projectors, computers and softwares. For slides, see AMS Campus.
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Garagnani