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Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Cardiovascular Disease (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Cardiovascular Disease (FutureLearn)
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Explore normal cardiovascular function and risk factors associated with heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading global cause of death. On this course, you’ll learn how the cardiovascular system functions and understand common cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke, as well as the [...]

Causes of Human Disease: Exploring Cancer and Genetic Disease (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Causes of Human Disease: Exploring Cancer and Genetic Disease (FutureLearn)
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Explore how the unravelling of genetic code has led to a deeper understanding of genetic diseases and cancer. It’s widely known that some diseases run in families. The discovery of the structure of DNA and the unravelling of the genetic code has led to a deeper understanding of such [...]

Causes of Human Disease: Transmitting and Fighting Infection (FutureLearn)

Learn how pathogens cause infectious diseases, how these diseases are transmitted and how our immune system respond to infection. Most of us have experienced common diseases like flu or less common ones like pneumonia. On this course, you’ll learn how pathogens cause infectious diseases and how these diseases are [...]

Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease (FutureLearn)
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Learn the epidemiological methods used to understand the causes of diseases and how social factors influence their development. What causes human disease? Why do some people get a disease but others don’t? Through this course, you’ll learn how epidemiologists are helping to find answers to these complex questions and [...]

Innovation Management: Winning in the Age of Disruption (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Innovation Management: Winning in the Age of Disruption (FutureLearn)
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Learn how successful organisations like IBM manage innovation to disrupt markets and achieve business advantage. Find out how to manage innovation and make it happen in your organisation. This course from the Leeds University Business School will show you how to manage innovation through real-life examples from IBM. You’ll [...]

Discovering Science: Atmospheric Chemistry (FutureLearn)

What can we learn about Earth, and other planets in and beyond our solar system, by studying their atmospheres? Learn about the role that radiation and greenhouse gases play in our understanding of atmospheric chemistry. As levels of CO2 in the atmosphere increase, you will discover the solutions scientists [...]

Discovering Science: Chemical Products (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Discovering Science: Chemical Products (FutureLearn)
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With chemistry providing us an endless amount of possibilities, what would you choose to develop? For centuries natural materials have been used by people to meet their daily needs. Discover how scientists are using their knowledge of the molecular structure of naturally occurring compounds to develop new and exciting [...]

Discovering Science: Global Challenges (FutureLearn)

Can chemistry help to feed a growing population, or overcome increasing bacterial resistance? Find out how the Penicillin class of antibiotics has been a major breakthrough in the treatment of patients. However, with bacteria developing efficient ways of resisting antibiotic treatment, discover how scientists are treating patients with infections [...]

Discovering Science: Medicinal Chemistry (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Discovering Science: Medicinal Chemistry (FutureLearn)
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What role does chemistry play in healthcare and our ability to diagnose and treat patients? Discover how chemotherapy has evolved, and some of the breakthroughs and developments chemists have made in the fight against cancer over the last 10 years. Diagnostic imaging examines how scientists learn about, and treat, [...]

Discovering Science: Science Writing (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Discovering Science: Science Writing (FutureLearn)
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What science discoveries will you choose to write about? Without science writing, science could not really exist. By recording experiments and publishing the results of studies and discoveries, scientists can share their important work, and find an engaged audience. Science writing takes many forms: from press releases to video [...]