Identify and assess the ways in which molecular biology relates to human diseases, with a focus on cancer and its current and future therapies.

Learning Outcomes:
2. Demonstrate the ability to apply underpinning theory to current methods and techniques used in recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering.
3. Identify and assess the ways in which molecular biology relates to human diseases, with a focus on cancer and its current and future therapies.

Rationale:
In order to communicate complex and detailed subjects, like the future of cancer therapy, to a scientifically literate, but non-specialist audience will require a range of skills that will be developed in this assignment. You will need to engage with much current research in the field and you will also need to understand that research well enough to translate it into a form that is accessible to the audience. This assignment provides you with the opportunity to write creatively about a current ‘hot’ topic in order to develop your communication skills and give you an experience of writing in a different scientific style.