{"ModuleCode":"GMS6921","ModuleTitle":"Cardiovascular Molecular Biology","Department":"Duke-NUS Medical School","ModuleDescription":"Cardiovascular disease accounts for approximately 30% of annual deaths in Singapore, and research advances in recent years have shed tremendous insight into the molecular basis of this cadre of diseases. This course is offered jointly to graduate students at NUS, Duke-NUS and Duke (USA) to explore the molecular basis of the disease. Topic areas will be include diseases such hypertension, lipoprotein metabolism, steatosis, atherosclerosis, arrhythmias, and heart failure.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Molecules to Medicines (GMS6901) or equivalent introductory graduate biochemistry course"}