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Course name
Protein Misfolding and Human Diseases
Institution
Mississippi University for Women
Instructor
Ghanshyam Heda
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Genes and Proteins
Course dates
2024-01-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-04-30 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
2


This course deals with the various human diseases that are caused by misfolding of proteins. The diseases include genetic, neurodegenrative, and defective ion channels. Some of the examples are cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson, and several rare diseases. Each student in the course will be assigned to present their report on any one of the following topics that are part of this course: 'Role of enzymes in medicine', 'Phenylketonuria', 'Marfan's syndrome', 'Sickle cell anemia', 'Bartter syndrome', 'Polycystic kidney disease', 'Dent's disease', 'Muscular dystrophy', 'Myasthenia gravis', etc.

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