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TD 8: APPLICATION OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES, METHOD AND KNOWLEDGE: Medical knowledge: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY and GENETICS (TD 8.5, 8.6)

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Molecular Biology: The study of molecular structures and events underlying biological processes, including relationships between genes and the functional characteristics they determine.

Genetics: Medical genetics is the specialty of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. Medical genetics differs from Human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, but medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care. For example, research on the causes and inheritance of genetic disorders would be considered within both human genetics and medical genetics, while the diagnosis, management, and counselling of individuals with genetic disorders would be considered part of medical genetics. In contrast, the study of typically non-medical phenotypes such as the genetics of eye colour would be considered part of human genetics, but not necessarily relevant to medical genetics (except in situations such as albinism).

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