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Agriculture and Nutrition (FutureLearn)

Offered by Taipei Medical University,

The benefits of rice bran for preventing chronic diseases; the relationships of the mammary gland, and immune in cow. In this course, you will learn about the bioactive components and the benefits of rice bran and fermented rice bran for preventing chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome. You will learn about the basic knowledge of the immune system and the correlations among mammary gland, epithelial mucosa, and immune in the dairy cows.

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This class includes two main topics. One is given by professor Hitoshi Shirakawa, a visiting professor of Taipei Medical University and professor of Laboratory of Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University. The other one is given by associate professor Tomonori Nochi, a visiting professor of Taipei Medical University and associate professor of Laboratory of Functional Morphology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

The use of fermented rice bran
The biological function of fermented rice bran
The relationships between mammary gland and immune in dairy cow
The relationships between epithelial mucosa and immune in dairy cow

Who is the course for?
This course is designed for any student interested in learning specific research topics, rice barn, and epithelial mucosa and immune in the dairy cow.

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