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PROFESSOR SHEILA BARRY SC 113 (508) 565-1491
Fall 2003
SYLLABUS
I. Medical Laboratory Testing: Why, How, Where...........
a. Medical terminology
II. Complete Blood Count (CBC)
a. What is it? Why is it ordered?
b. What do the results mean? not mean?
III. Historical Perspective
a. Ancient concepts of disease
b. Early blood disorders and treatments
IV. Blood Types/Transfusions
a. Procedures: early attempts, current methods
b. Who can/should donate?
c. Values of donation
d. Autologous transfusion
V. Organ and Bone Marrow Transplants
a. How you can save a life.
b. Matching procedures - HLA (Histocompatibility)
c. Umbilical cord blood/peripheral blood stem cell
d. Tissue typing for disease association, paternity
VI. HIV and AIDS
a. The early years
b. Discovery of the virus, Montagnier vs. Gallo
c. Elisa and Western Blot
d. Past, current trends - Pandemic
e. Treatment - HAART
VII. Human Genome Project
a. What is it? Why is it being done? Ethical considerations.
b. What are the potential outcomes?
VIII. Meningitis
a. Bacterial
b. Viral
IX. Diabetes, Types I and II
a. Symptoms
b. Diagnostic tests and treatment
X. Cholesterol/Heart Disease
a. Significant studies, ongoing research
b. Cardiac risk factors and ratios
XI. Current Topics - Bioterrorism
a. Anthrax
b. Smallpox