皮肤科学与再生医学理学硕士

这项以研究为主导的硕士课程，旨在使您以皮肤为重点，了解生物科学的前沿领域（再生医学）的生物学及其应用。再生医学旨在通过产生替代细胞，组织或器官来治疗人类疾病。它涉及基于干细胞使用的一组新技术。该区域目前处于早期阶段，但由于最近有能力操纵专门的成体干细胞恢复到可以产生所有细胞类型的更像胚胎的阶段，因此该领域正在迅速发展。皮肤是特别有用的模型，因为它包含非常活跃的干细胞，并且是人类细胞相对容易获得的来源。毛囊独特的人类再生能力特别有趣。毛囊在频繁的生长周期中脱落了毛发，从而再生出新的替代品，这些替代品可能类似
This research-led Master's course is designed to enable you to understand the biology behind, and applications of, a cutting edge area of the biosciences - regenerative medicine - using the skin as a main focus. Regenerative medicine aims to treat human disease by producing replacement cells, tissues or organs. It involves a group of new technologies based on the use of stem cells. This area is currently at an early stage but is developing rapidly due to the recent ability to manipulate specialised adult stem cells to revert to a more embryonic-like stage which can produce all cell types. The skin is a particularly useful model as it contains very active stem cells and is a relatively accessible source of human cells. The unique human regenerative capacity of the hair follicle is particularly interesting. Follicles shed their hairs during frequent growth cycles regenerating new replacements, these may resemble previous ones or differ in size and/or colour (e.g. beard hairs replacing tiny facial hairs). Learning about stem cells and skin function in health and disease will also give you understanding of areas already important to pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.