Blood
physiology is an elective module (lectures and laboratory) addressed to the students
of master programme in Biotechnology. The aim of the course is providing current knowledge about the human blood and circulatory system in both physiological
and pathological conditions including the mechanisms causing selected hematological
disorders, namely: (a) developing skills in understanding
blood rheology properties and hemodynamics as well as their modifications by internal and
external factors, (b) presenting pre- and postnatal hematopoiesis with characteristics of multipotent
hematopoietic cells and their niches, (c) describing hematopoietic disorder
types, symptoms, and causes, (d) presenting autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic
stem cells transplantations and overview of risks, (e) describing human red
blood cell as a cell model for screening of biological activity of natural and
synthetic compounds including nanomaterials, (f) demonstrating the use of human
erythrocytes as biocompatible drug carriers and bioreactors, (f) explaining the
blood banking problems and presenting current perspectives of artificial blood
substitutes.
- Nauczyciel: Lucyna Mrówczyńska