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Course Outline
1. Introduction to the rules governing life phenomena (interactions with the environment, exchange of matter,
homogeneity diversity, evolution)
2. Chemistry of living matter (composition, structure and function of small and large biological molecules, etc.)
3. The cell (structure and function of intracellular organelles, cell membranes, cellular metabolism, cellular
communication, cell cycle)
4. Basic concepts of genetics (gene, mutations, molecular basis of inheritance, from gene to protein,
regulation of gene expression)
5. Viruses, cancer, biotechnology