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NextGen Biotechnology
SCRB 230

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Description

The course ​focuses upon recent advances in fundamental biology that may have relevance to discovery of new therapeutics. ​There is a strong emphasis on primary literature and critical analysis of data. Students also work in groups to analyze a single mechanism underlying a drug candidate that is in early clinical trials, highlighting the scientific case for the medicine and biological issues with the approach.

Course Notes

Limited to MS/MBA in Biotechnology: Life Sciences students.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Course Component Lecture
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline Dec. 11, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution None
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students