The objective of this course is to provide Nutrition and Dietetics students with the fundamental mechanisms of molecular biology and genetics (central dogma, gene expression, mutations). The course aims to facilitate comprehension of the interactions between nutrients and the genetic blueprint through nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, and epigenetics, and to enable the molecular evaluation of contemporary topics like cancer biology and GMOs within the framework of nutritional science.

This course covers the molecular structure of the cell, macromolecules, nucleic acid organization, and information flow processes (replication, transcription, translation). Investigating gene expression regulation, mutations, and variations, the course focuses on the concepts of nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, and epigenetics, which address the impacts of nutrition on the genetic blueprint. Additionally, cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, the molecular basis of cancer, and contemporary biotechnological advancements such as GMOs are discussed within the axis of nutritional science.