8BKG22 · 6 credits · Basic level (G2X) · Medicinsk biologi
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Active · next start HT 2026
44%
passed the latest regular sitting
22WE · 31 Oct 2025 · 50 students
55%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
22WE · 209 students
89%
Harder than 89% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 100 students.
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22WE Written examination
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55% passed · 209 students
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Later rounds
40% passed · 134 students
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- Pass a later round: 40% (134 students), compared with 55% (209 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 26% (343 students)
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22PE Practical examination
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 103 students
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100% passed · 102 students
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- Pass a later round: 100% (102 students), compared with 100% (103 students) on the ordinary exam
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22CE Compulsory elements
- G
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About the course
Aim
Knowledge and understandingOn completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Describe the regulation and function of the reproductive system.
- Explain normal reproduction, the different phases of embryonic development and organ formation as well as how dysfunction can lead to disease.
- Describe how developmental biological processes are connected during tissue formation.
- Explain how knowledge of developmental biology has been applied to stem cells in vitro.
- Describe the evolutionarily conserved principles underlying embryonic development.
- Describe transgenic techniques and explain their areas of use and applications.
- Explain medical applications of stem cells within disease research and regenerative medicine.
Skills and abilitiesOn completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Apply techniques based on the use of embryos and stem cells for disease research and regenerative medicine.
- Apply laboratory and research methods pertaining to the planning of experiments and the use of physiological, biochemical and molecular biological measurement methods.
- Independently gather, limit and critically process research literature within the field of developmental biology from a scientific, ethical and social perspective.
Judgement ability and approachAfter completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Evaluate the validity of applications of stem cells for disease research and regenerative medicine.
- Evaluate the risks, advantages and disadvantages of the medical and experimental use of embryos versus stem cells in vitro.
Content
The course involves the study of reproductive physiology and the different phases of embryonic development and organ formation, as well as how dysfunction of these processes can lead to disease. This includes normal regulation of the cell’s life cycle and pathological consequences of genetic changes on cells and embryos. This course also covers stem cell biology, gene regulation, signal transduction, epigenetics and various applications of transgenic techniques within medical genetics and regenerative medicine. Knowledge of developmental and stem cell biology will be applied in order to understand monogenic and complex diseases and medical applications of stem cells and regenerative medicine within modern healthcare. Ethical issues pertaining to these activities will also be discussed.
This course covers histology, cell and molecular biology, embryology, organogenesis, epigenetics and stem cell biology, with links to physiology, pathology and regenerative medicine.
- Examiner
- Claudio Cantù
- Main field of study
- Medicinsk biologi