MSCI 520 RESEARCH PAPER: DISEASE PHARMACOLOGY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW The paper assignments in this course focus on diseases that highlight normal physiologic processes, mechanisms of alterations to these processes that result in the diseases and the therapeutic manipulations of molecular players in an attempt to restore homeostasis. In addition to exploring these processes, the assignments are also aimed at helping students enhance their scientific inquiry skills including current literature review and scientific communication. Theses afford students an opportunity to complete a research journal-type of work that is relevant to a career in the field of biomedicine and healthcare. INSTRUCTIONS Paper Topic: Your instructor will assign you a disease topic for your papers. Your references MUST include at least 5 recent primary research articles, 3 of which are from journals published by the American Physiological Society (APS). There are 7 American Journal of Physiology (AJP) journals to choose from: Cell Physiology; Endocrinology