NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 生物醫學新知與應用(0531)
Course Name	(Eng.) New Technologies and Applications of Biomedical Sciences
Offering Dept	General Education Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	KANTHASAMY JAYABAL SENTHIL KUMAR
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	Biomedical science is one of the broad areas of science that involves biological processes, laboratory research, innovation, and to develop beneficial products, medications and procedures to treat and cure diseases and conditions that cause severe illness and death. Current progress in research and development in the field of nanotechnology, genetic engineering, biomaterials and artificial intelligence were achieved new milestones, which enables and ensure our life expectancy. In this course, we introduce the basic concept of biomedicine and its applications to the students whose major subjects are not biomedical Sciences. The appreciation of videos, scientific movies and films, biotech company visiting, and group discussion will be also applied to the course. Students will easily learn the state of the art knowledge of biomedical sciences and their applications in medical industry.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

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The major objectives of this course are,
Introduce the basic concepts and rationale of biomedical science.
Discussing the function of bio-triangle (gene-life-diseases).
The importance of nanomedicine and nuclear medicine.
The application of personal and precision medicine.
Future of biomedical sciences.

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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule

Week	Course Content
Week 1	Course introduction, drawing the objectives and discussing the learning flow (Online)
Week 2	Nano-medicine (Introduction, history and time-line, applications, advantages and dis-advantages, challenges and future perspectives) (Online)
Week 3	CRISPR/Cas9 Technology (Introduction, history of genome engineering, applications, current limitations and future prospects)
Week 4	Brain-Machine interface and wireless brain sensors (Definition, types and models, mechanisms, carbon nanotubes and diamond chip, combined applications, challenges and future perspectives)
Week 5	3D Bio-printing (Introduction, types and evolution, process-flow and road-map, current progress and applications, limitations and challenges and future perspectives)
Week 6	Nuclear medicine and imaging devises (Introduction, types, principle mechanisms, clinical indications and interpretation, advantages and dis-advantages)
Week 7	Health wearable (History, types, technology taxonomy, patent landscape, scope and consideration)
Week 8	Precision/personalized medicine (Introduction, genomic medicine, pharmacogenomics, progress, challenges, future insights)
Week 9	Midterm exam
Week 10	Artificial uterus and reproductive medicine
Week 11	Cryonics and vitrification
Week 12	De-extinction
Week 13	Hibernation/suspended animation
Week 14	Life extension: The possibility and consequences
Week 15	Oncolytic microbes
Week 16	Phagotherapy Plantibody Final exam
self-directed learning

Evaluation

出席狀況 attendance/ participation 15%、
作業 homework 30%、
口頭報告 oral presentation 20%、
書面報告 reports 35%

Textbook & other References

1. Nanomedicine: Technologies and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials) 1st Edition
2. Kozubek J, 2016. Modern Prometheus: Editing the Human Genome with Crispr-Cas9. Cambridge University Press.
3. Hays P, 2017. Advancing Healthcare through Personalized Medicine. CRC Press.
4. Bulletti C, Palagiano A, Pace C, Cerni A, Borini A, de Ziegler D. The artificial womb. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2011;1221:124-8.
5. Mezencev R, 2015. The future of Biomedical Science. In book: On the Scientific Observation in Medicine. 2nd ed. Chapter 25. AE Press.

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

TBA

Office Hours

By appointment.
Email:zenkumar@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)

include experience courses：N

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