Understand the fundamentals of vaccines, differentiating between infectious disease and cancer vaccines, and exploring strategies for achieving long-term immune memory.Explore the field of gene therapy, including its applications in single gene disorders and cancer, while critically assessing both the successes and failures in the context of current clinical status.Investigate cancer immunotherapy, evaluating its advantages and disadvantages, and identify potential areas for improvement in current approaches and future targets.Gain insights into drug development for cancer therapy, focusing on cellular drug targets and methodologies for drug screening and validation.Examine advanced drug delivery methods, including nanoparticles, exosomes, and cell membrane vesicles, for creating biomimetic nano delivery vehicles to enhance drug delivery efficiency while overcoming immune system barriers. MTRAM program requirement.
3 units · Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)
Understand the fundamentals of vaccines, differentiating between infectious disease and cancer vaccines, and exploring strategies for achieving long-term immune memory.Explore the field of gene therapy, including its applications in single gene disorders and cancer, while critically assessing both the successes and failures in the context of current clinical status.Investigate cancer immunotherapy, evaluating its advantages and disadvantages, and identify potential areas for improvement in current approaches and future targets.Gain insights into drug development for cancer therapy, focusing on cellular drug targets and methodologies for drug screening and validation.Examine advanced drug delivery methods, including nanoparticles, exosomes, and cell membrane vesicles, for creating biomimetic nano delivery vehicles to enhance drug delivery efficiency while overcoming immune system barriers. MTRAM program requirement.
Offered in Autumn 2025 at Stanford University.