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[Why and how should we teach molecular biology at medical and pharmacy schools]
1Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud.
Abstract:
Molecular biology becomes an increasingly important topic in the medical and pharmaceutical academic education. For many reasons the basic education in molecular biology is necessary irrespective of a future orientation of physicians and pharmacists. The article seeks to define the limits of molecular biology in terms of both the scientific discipline and the teaching topic, and pinpoints the main factors and aspects, as well as pitfalls of molecular biological education as an integral part of medical and pharmaceutical study.
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