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MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY

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MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY

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Academic year 2023/2024

Course ID
BIO0192 Pds GEN
Teacher
Ilaria Bertocchi (Lecturer)
Degree course
[0101M22] Molecular Biotechnology
Year
2nd year
Teaching period
First semester
Type
Elective
Credits/Recognition
2
Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
BIO/14 - pharmacology
Delivery
Formal authority
Language
English
Attendance
Obligatory
Type of examination
Quiz
Propedeutic for
The course aims to provide the students with all the basic knowledge to comprehend master essential notions in pharmacology, with the goal to help the students for future related studies.
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Sommario del corso

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Course objectives

To know the basic principles of general pharmacology and understand the mechanisms of action of drugs 

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Results of learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student must have essential notions of general pharmacology, in particular, they must distinguish pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and acquire the main concepts in a solid way. This will allow the student to better address and understand many of the topics addressed in other courses during the year

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Program

 Introduction to pharmacology:

  • Principal aspects of pharmacokinetics (physiological barriers, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) and clinical implications (drug clearance, half-life, therapeutic efficacy and frequency of administration)
  • Characteristics of drug-receptor interaction 
  • Principal classes of receptors (targets). Therapeutic response and side effects
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Course delivery

Frontal or online lessons, given that most of the sudent will not attend the frontal lessons, all the material will be upoloaded on moodle. 

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Learning assessment methods

The exam consists in a written questionnaire, with 8 multiple choices questions and 4 true or false, with a maximum of 32 points (30 cum laude) 

Suggested readings and bibliography



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Book
Title:  
General and Molecular Pharmacology: Principles of Drug Action
Year of publication:  
2015
Publisher:  
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Author:  
Francesco Clementi, Guido Fumagalli
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No


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