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Biotechnology University of Surrey

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BSc (Hons) On-Campus Full-time 3 - 4 years find out find out find out

Course overview

Biotechnology is the study of the systems that govern gene expression and metabolic pathways.

You will learn how manipulation of these systems can be applied to the use of microbes as ‘cell factories’ to make gene therapies, replace missing components in defective cells and synthesise therapeutic drugs from by­products of microbial metabolism.


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