PHAR 9004 - Discovering Drugs

This advanced course delves into the current and future technologies useful for uncovering the drugs of today and which are driving drug discovery into the future. Topics will include “dirty drugs” (or polypharmacology), pharmacogenomics, drug repurposing, theranostics, famous drug failures and drug resurrections, and advanced drug delivery systems. Prerequisite: None, but an understanding of human physiology, cell biology and signaling, and biochemistry is necessary.

Credits: 2