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7.341 | Spring 2018 | Undergraduate

# The Microbiome and Drug Delivery: Cross-species Communication in Health and Disease

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Images depicting the human microbiome, a genetically engineered microbe, and a microfluidics device. Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.

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Images depicting the human microbiome, a genetically engineered microbe, and a microfluidics device.
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This course will explore the mechanistic insights and emerging tools that are transforming microbiome research, and how these might lead to new types of therapeutics and drug delivery for improving human health. (Synthetic circuit by Liang Zong and Yan Liang/L2molecule.com; human microbiome by Darryl Leja, NHGRI; microfluidic chip by Vincent J. Sieben, Wikimedia Commons. Image collage by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
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Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.

## Course Info

##### Instructors

- Dr. Ali Beyzavi
- Dr. Miguel Jimenez

##### Departments

- Biology

##### As Taught In

Spring 2018

##### Level

Undergraduate

##### Topics

- Engineering
  - Biological Engineering
    - Biotechnology
    - Synthetic Biology
- Health and Medicine
  - Biomedicine
- Science
  - Biology
    - Cell Biology
    - Microbiology
    - Molecular Biology

##### Learning Resource Types

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