DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology
Academic Year 2020/2021 - 3° Year
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology
Academic Year 2020/2021 - 3° Year
PRINCIPI DI FARMACOLOGIA
BIO/14 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester
Teaching Staff
CLAUDIO BUCOLOGIAN MARCO LEGGIO
Learning Objectives
Provide the student with the basis of pharmacology necessary for the performance of the role of biotechnologist.
§ Know the role of drugs (in particular biotechnological drugs)
§ Know how the drugs modify the body
§ Know the PK parameters
§ Know the mechanism of action of drugs
Detailed Course Content
- Routes of drug administration
- Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination
- PK parameters
- Drug-Receptor interactions
- Agonists and antagonists
- Signal transduction
- Desensitization and tachyphylaxis
- Adrenergic and cholinergic systems
- Proteine as drugs
- Monoclonal antibodies
- oligonucleotids
- Vaccines
- Cells as drugs
- Gene therapy
- Biotechnological drugs used in clinical practice
Textbook Information
-Katzung Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Ed. Mc Graw Hills
- Clarck et al. Pharmacology. Lippincott
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