The mission of the UT Southwestern Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism Division is to provide excellent evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of children with genetic disorders, including birth defects, malformation syndromes, genetically defined developmental delays, and inborn errors of metabolism, while advancing the field through research. First year medical school curriculum includes: Medical Biochemistry Course: protein and amino acid metabolism, hyperammonemia and urea cycle defects, defects in amino acid metabolism (PKU, MSUD, etc.), purine and pyrimidine metabolism, and treatment of.