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Biological Computing: At the Crossroads of Engineering and Science, MIT OpenCour...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Imagine you are a salesman needing to visit 100 cities connected by a set of roads. READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-349-biological-computing-at-the-c...

From Molecules to Behavior: Synaptic Neurophysiology, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:39 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Like transistors in a computer, synapses perform complex computations and connect th READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-349-from-molecules-to-behavior-sy...

Stem Cells: A Cure or Disease?, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Have you ever considered going to a pharmacy to order some new cardiomyocytes (heart READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-349-stem-cells-a-cure-or-disease-...

Fueling Sustainability: Engineering Microbial Systems for Biofuel Production, MI...
Votes:14 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, The need to identify sustainable forms of energy as an alternative to our dependence READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-347-fueling-sustainability-engine...

Synaptic Plasticity and Memory, from Molecules to Behavior, MIT OpenCourseWare (...
Votes:38 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course we will discover how innovative technologies combined with profound h READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-346-synaptic-plasticity-and-memor...

RNAi: A Revolution in Biology and Therapeutics, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Despite centuries of effort, modern medicine still struggles to find the source of d READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-346-rnai-a-revolution-in-biology-...

Virus-host Interactions in Infectious Diseases, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Co-evolution and adaptation between viruses and humans are often portrayed as a zero READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-346-virus-host-interactions-in-in...

Evolution of the Immune System, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course, evolutionary pathways that have led to the development of innate and READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-345-evolution-of-the-immune-syste...

Vascular Development in Life, Disease and Cancer Medicine, MIT OpenCourseWare (O...
Votes:27 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, The growth of blood vessels, a process known as angiogenesis, is one of the earliest READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-345-vascular-development-in-life-...

Survival in Extreme Conditions: The Bacterial Stress Response, MIT OpenCourseWar...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Bacteria survive in almost all environments on Earth, including some considered extr READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-345-survival-in-extreme-condition...

Non-coding RNAs: Junk or Critical Regulators in Health and Disease?, MIT OpenCou...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Every time we scientists think that we have dissected the precise biological nature READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-345-non-coding-rnas-junk-or-criti...

Using Simple Organisms to Model Human Diseases, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:25 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, How do scientists discover the basic biology underlying human diseases? Simple organ READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-345-using-simple-organisms-to-mod...

RNA Interference: A New Tool for Genetic Analysis and Therapeutics, MIT OpenCour...
Votes:30 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, To understand and treat any disease with a genetic basis or predisposition, scientis READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-344-rna-interference-a-new-tool-f...

The Fountain of Life: From Dolly to Customized Embryonic Stem Cells, MIT OpenCou...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, During development, the genetic content of each cell remains, with a few exceptions, READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-344-the-fountain-of-life-from-dol...

Antibiotics, Toxins, and Protein Engineering, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, The lethal poison Ricin (best known as a weapon of bioterrorism), Diphtheria toxin ( READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-344-antibiotics-toxins-and-protei...

Directed Evolution: Engineering Biocatalysts, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Directed evolution has been used to produce enzymes with many unique properties. The READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-344-directed-evolution-engineerin...

Tumor Suppressor Gene p53: How the Guardian of our Genome Prevents Cancer, MIT O...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, , Course Description Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Cancer involves uncontrolled cell grow READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-344-tumor-suppressor-gene-p53-how...

Protein Folding, Misfolding and Human Disease, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Maintenance of the complex three-dimensional structure adopted by a protein in the c READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-protein-folding-misfolding-an...

A Love-Hate Relationship: Cholesterol in Health and Disease, MIT OpenCourseWare ...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this class, we will examine cholesterol's role in the cell and in the body as a w READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-a-love-hate-relationship-chol...

Photosynthesis: Life from Light, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course, you will journey through the web of physical, chemical, and biologic READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-photosynthesis-life-from-ligh...

The Radical Consequences of Respiration: Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Di...
Votes:27 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, This course will start with a survey of basic oxygen radical biochemistry followed b READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-the-radical-consequences-of-r...

Neuron-glial Cell Interactions in Biology and Disease, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, The main goal of this seminar will be to study the nervous system from the perspecti READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-neuron-glial-cell-interaction...

Sophisticated Survival Skills of Simple Microorganisms, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course, we will discuss the microbial physiology and genetics of stress resp READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-sophisticated-survival-skills...

When Development Goes Awry: How Cancer Co-opts Mechanisms of Embryogensis, MIT O...
Votes:29 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, During this course, we will study the similarities between cancer and normal develop READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-when-development-goes-awry-ho...

Network Medicine: Using Systems Biology and Signaling Networks to Create Novel C...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course, we will survey the primary systems biology literature, particularly READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-343-network-medicine-using-system...

Cancer Biology: From Basic Research to the Clinic, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In 1971, President Nixon declared the "War on Cancer," but after three decades the w READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-cancer-biology-from-basic-res...

Reading the Blueprint of Life: Transcription, Stem Cells and Differentiation, MI...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course, we will address how transcriptional regulators both prohibit and dri READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-reading-the-blueprint-of-life...

Chronic Infection and Inflammation: What are the Consequences on Your Health?, M...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course we will explore the new emerging field of pathogen-induced chronic di READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-chronic-infection-and-inflamm...

G-Protein Coupled Receptors: Vision and Disease, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:18 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, How do we communicate with the outside world? How are our senses of vision, smell, t READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-g-protein-coupled-receptors-v...

Systems Biology: Stochastic Processes and Biological Robustness, MIT OpenCourseW...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this seminar, we will discuss some of the main themes that have arisen in the fie READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-systems-biology-stochastic-pr...

Developmental and Molecular Biology of Regeneration, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:29 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, How does a regenerating animal "know" what's missing? How are stem cells or differen READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-developmental-and-molecular-b...

The X in Sex: A Genetic, Medical, and Evolutionary View of the X Chromosome, MIT...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, This course will explore a diverse collection of striking biological phenomena assoc READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-the-x-in-sex-a-genetic-medica...

Systems and Synthetic Biology: How the Cell Solves Problems, MIT OpenCourseWare ...
Votes:40 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, A millennial challenge in biology is to decipher how vast arrays of molecular intera READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-systems-and-synthetic-biology...

The Biology of Aging: Age-Related Diseases and Interventions, MIT OpenCourseWare...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Aging involves an intrinsic and progressive decline in function that eventually will READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-the-biology-of-aging-age-rela...

Powerhouse Rules: The Role of Mitochondria in Human Diseases, MIT OpenCourseWare...
Votes:31 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, The primary role of mitochondria is to produce 90% of a cell's energy in the form of READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-powerhouse-rules-the-role-of-...

To Divide or Not To Divide: Control of Cell Cycle and Growth by Extracellular Cu...
Votes:37 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Cells, regardless of whether they are in an organ in the human body or a component o READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-to-divide-or-not-to-divide-co...

Brightening up Life: Harnessing the Power of Fluorescence Imaging to Observe Bio...
Votes:15 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, One summer in the 1960s a young Japanese researcher, with the help of a few high sch READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-341-brightening-up-life-harnessin...

The DNA Damage Response as a Target for Anti-Cancer Therapy, MIT OpenCourseWare ...
Votes:39 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Cellular responses to DNA damage constitute one of the most important fields in canc READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-341-the-dna-damage-response-as-a-...

Bench to Bedside: Molecularly Targeted Therapies in Blood Disorders and Malignan...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Where do new drugs and treatments come from? This class will take you from the test READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-341-bench-to-bedside-molecularly-...

Harnessing the Biosphere: Natural Products and Biotechnology, MIT OpenCourseWare...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, What do the organisms of the biosphere, specifically microorganisms, have to offer t READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-341-harnessing-the-biosphere-natu...

Ubiquitination: The Proteasome and Human Disease, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:36 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, This seminar provides a deeper understanding of the post-translational mechanisms ev READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-ubiquitination-the-proteasome...

Immune Evasion: How Sneaky Pathogens Avoid Host Surveillance, MIT OpenCourseWare...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Every infection consists of a battle between the invading pathogen and the resisting READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-immune-evasion-how-sneaky-pat...

Nano-life: An Introduction to Virus Structure and Assembly, MIT OpenCourseWare (...
Votes:9 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Watson and Crick noted that the size of a viral genome was insufficient to encode a READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-nano-life-an-introduction-to-...

Avoiding Genomic Instability: DNA Replication, the Cell Cycle, and Cancer, MIT O...
Votes:33 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this class we will learn about how the process of DNA replication is regulated th READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-avoiding-genomic-instability-...

Under the Radar Screen: How Bugs Trick Our Immune Defenses, MIT OpenCourseWare (...
Votes:20 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, In this course, we will explore the specific ways by which microbes defeat our immun READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-under-the-radar-screen-how-bu...

Learning and Memory: Activity-Controlled Gene Expression in the Nervous System, ...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, The mammalian brain easily outperforms any computer. It adapts and changes constantl READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-learning-and-memory-activity-...

Regenerative Medicine: from Bench to Bedside, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:31 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Regenerative medicine involves the repair and regeneration of tissues for therapeuti READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-regenerative-medicine-from-be...

Unusual Biology: The Science of Emerging Pathogens, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Votes:36 Comments:0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Course Description, Infectious diseases represent a serious global public health problem. They have the READ MORE
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-340-unusual-biology-the-science-o...
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