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MED 646-SPECIAL TOPICS IN PATHOLOGY. 1 to 6 credits
 Prerequisite: Permission of department. Supervised conferences and laboratory
work. Topics selected to meet each student's needs. May be repeated with change
of content up to a maximum of 18 credits.
MED 647-SEMINAR IN PATHOLOGY. 1 credit
 Required of graduate students in pathology; open to others by permission of the
department. Current research literature and research reports by graduate students,
department staff, and invited speakers.
MED 648-COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY. 4 credits
 Prerequisites: MED 561, MED 511. The diseases of various organ systems of
domestic and laboratory animals compared and contrasted with spontaneous dis-
eases of man.
MED 649-NUTRITIONAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PATHOLOGY. 4 credits
 Prerequisites: MED 561, MED 511. The relationships between biochemical
 alterations and microscopic lesions in spontaneous and experimentally induced
 diseases having a defined nutritional or biochemical etiology.

 PROGRAM IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
 MED 640-CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY. 3 credits
 Chemical techniques undertaken for the diagnosis of disease. Methods of toxi-
 cology.
 MED 643-CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY ROTATION 1. 10 credits
 Participation in all phases of practical clinical chemistry and toxicology. Chemi-
 cal methodology, clinical interpretation, and significance of laboratory measure-
 ments for the diagnosis of the sick. Individual investigative project in clinical
 chemistry and toxicology. Students specializing in clinical chemistry must spend
 three terms on this rotation.
 MED 644-CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY ROTATION 2. 10 credits
 Prerequisite: MED 643. Continuation of MED 643.
 MED 645-CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY ROTATION 3. 10 credits
 Prerequisite: MED 644. Continuation of MED 644.

 PROGRAM IN CELLULAR IMMUNOBIOLOGY
 MED 642-IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY. 3 credits
 Immunologic, genetic, and anthropologic significance of blood group antigens
 and antibodies with emphasis on their serologic and immunochemical characteristics.
 MED 690-TUMOR BIOLOGY. 4 credits
 Pathobiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of neoplasia; viral and
 chemical carcinogenesis; immunology and therapy of cancer in man and animals.
 MED 691-IMMUNOPATHOLOGY. 3 credits
 Abnormalities and diseases with immunological basis or component. Clinical and
 experimental specimens for analysis by modem immunological techniques.
 MED 692-EXPERIMENTAL TUMOR BIOLOGY. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: MED 690 or consent of staff. The development of laboratory
 skills and fundamental techniques in the study of various phenomena in tumor
 biology. Students will work in direct association with members of the MED 690 staff.
 MED 693-IMMUNOBIOLOGY. 5 credits
 Biological aspects of the defense systems, specific and nonspecific, cellular and
 humoral, amplification systems involving immune interactions; normal and abnormal