Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the study of how chemical substances interact with living systems. If substances have medicinal properties, they are considered pharmaceuticals. The field encompasses drug composition and properties, interactions, toxicology, therapy, and medical applications and antipathogenic capabilities.

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the study of the action of drugs on a biologic system. It incorporates components of medicine and biology, and how they interact with each other.

What is Drug Absorption?

Drug Distribution

Drug Excretion / Elimination

Drug Metabolism

Pharmacokinetics

What is Psychopharmacology?

Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychopharmacology Research

What is Pharmacoepidemiology?

What is Neuropharmacology?

Metabolomics in Pharmacology

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UC San Diego receives $33 million from NIH for five COVID-19 diagnostic projects

University of California San Diego was awarded five Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) projects by the National Institutes of Health, totaling nearly $33 million over four years.

25 Feb 2021

New hydrogel-based materials show promise for tissue engineering

New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, such as water, could be the next generation of materials used to bioengineer tissues and organs, according to a team of researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago.

25 Feb 2021

mRNA Therapeutics – Analytical and Bioanalytical Characterization

NewsMed interviews Anette Bak from AstraZeneca about her research on developments in mRNA therapeutics that she will present at Pittcon 2021.

From Pittcon 23 Feb 2021

Fooling the novel coronavirus with a fake handshake to inactivate the virus

Fool the novel coronavirus once and it can't cause infection of cells, new research suggests.

22 Feb 2021

Scientists use patients' own stem cells to restore function after spinal cord injury

Intravenous injection of bone marrow derived stem cells (MSCs) in patients with spinal cord injuries led to significant improvement in motor functions, researchers from Yale University and Japan report Feb. 18 in the Journal of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.

22 Feb 2021

Researchers discover potential new way to target pancreatic tumors with high IFN signaling

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a potential new way to target pancreatic tumors that express high intratumoral interferon signaling (IFN).

18 Feb 2021

One in five people lack protein α-actinin-3 in their muscle fiber, shows study

Almost one in five people lack the protein α-actinin-3 in their muscle fibers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show that more of the skeletal muscle of these individuals comprises slow-twitch muscle fibers, which are more durable and energy-efficient and provide better tolerance to low temperatures than fast-twitch muscle fibers.

18 Feb 2021

Researchers identify molecular link between inflammatory signaling molecule and a main oncogene

A team of MedUni Vienna researchers led by Johannes A. Schmid at the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, has managed to identify a previously unknown molecular connection between an inflammatory signaling molecule and one of the main oncogenes.

17 Feb 2021

Study: Body produces large amounts of GDF15 hormone during extended bouts of vigorous exercise

A drug that helps us to eat less could help the more than 650 million people around the world who live with obesity.

17 Feb 2021

Study reveals the therapeutic applications of medicinal plants

Both Asia and Africa are home to many plants that can be used for the treatment of many diseases and their medicinal properties are gaining interest in western societies.

17 Feb 2021

Study finds an alarming trend of increased alcohol use during pandemic lockdowns

The ongoing pandemic has had a significant and alarming trend of increased alcohol use and abuse - especially among younger adults, males and those who have lost their jobs - according to a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.

16 Feb 2021

New zebrafish model could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified a new zebrafish model that could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research. Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of primary brain tumor - fewer than one in 20 patients survive five years after diagnosis.

13 Feb 2021

New research aims to explore functions of bile acids in the gut stem cell niche

Examining gut health from a different angle, Flinders University’s Associate Professor Robyn Meech is looking at what can trigger colon cancer – and she believes bile acids may provide a significant piece of the puzzle.

12 Feb 2021

New article reviews how the circadian clock controls various aspects of homeostasis

Subconsciously, our bodies keep time for us through an ancient means - the circadian clock. A new University of California, Irvine-led article reviews how the clock controls various aspects of homeostasis, and how organs coordinate their function over the course of a day.

12 Feb 2021

Cell-selective nanotherapy can help treat atherosclerotic plaques

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as angioplasty with a stent, opens clogged arteries and saves lives. Despite its benefit in treating atherosclerosis that causes coronary artery disease, this common minimally-invasive procedure still poses severe complications for some patients.

11 Feb 2021

New strategy to optimize the efficacy of neuropeptides for therapeutic applications

Dimerization (Note: combination of two identical or different molecules) of the human neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin can produce new types of bioactive molecules.

10 Feb 2021

Exposure to seasonal coronaviruses does not produce antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2

Past exposure to seasonal coronaviruses (CoVs), which cause the common cold, does not result in the production of antibodies that protect against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study led by Scott Hensley, PhD, an associate professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

10 Feb 2021

Researchers detect traces of COVID-19 virus in sewage flowing from campus buildings

Although it is still challenging to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, researchers at the University of Miami are using all the strategies they can to fend off the spread.

10 Feb 2021

Compound isolated from Ophiura sarsii can be used as an affordable drug for photodynamic therapy

An unusual biologically active porphyrin compound was isolated from seabed dweller Ophiura sarsii. The substance might be used as an affordable light-sensitive drug for innovative photodynamic therapy and for targeted treatment of triple-negative breast cancer and some other cancers.

8 Feb 2021

New nanoparticle-based drug boosts the body’s innate immune system to fight tumors

A new nanoparticle-based drug can boost the body's innate immune system and make it more effective at fighting off tumors, researchers at UT Southwestern have shown.

8 Feb 2021

Pharmacology

Overview

What is Drug Absorption?

Drug Distribution

Drug Excretion / Elimination

Feature Articles

Drug Metabolism

Pharmacokinetics

What is Psychopharmacology?

Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychopharmacology Research

What is Pharmacoepidemiology?

What is Neuropharmacology?

Metabolomics in Pharmacology

Importance of Allostery in Pharmacology

Importance of Pharmacology in Dentistry

Pharmacist Career

Latest Pharmacology News and Research

UC San Diego receives $33 million from NIH for five COVID-19 diagnostic projects

New hydrogel-based materials show promise for tissue engineering

mRNA Therapeutics – Analytical and Bioanalytical Characterization

Fooling the novel coronavirus with a fake handshake to inactivate the virus

Scientists use patients' own stem cells to restore function after spinal cord injury

Researchers discover potential new way to target pancreatic tumors with high IFN signaling

One in five people lack protein α-actinin-3 in their muscle fiber, shows study

Researchers identify molecular link between inflammatory signaling molecule and a main oncogene

Study: Body produces large amounts of GDF15 hormone during extended bouts of vigorous exercise

Study reveals the therapeutic applications of medicinal plants

Study finds an alarming trend of increased alcohol use during pandemic lockdowns

New zebrafish model could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research

New research aims to explore functions of bile acids in the gut stem cell niche

New article reviews how the circadian clock controls various aspects of homeostasis

Cell-selective nanotherapy can help treat atherosclerotic plaques

New strategy to optimize the efficacy of neuropeptides for therapeutic applications

Exposure to seasonal coronaviruses does not produce antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers detect traces of COVID-19 virus in sewage flowing from campus buildings

Compound isolated from Ophiura sarsii can be used as an affordable drug for photodynamic therapy

New nanoparticle-based drug boosts the body’s innate immune system to fight tumors

What makes viruses infectious?

Disinfectants could be helping bacteria to become resistant

Climate change may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic

Pharmacology

Overview

Feature Articles

Drug Metabolism

Pharmacokinetics

What is Psychopharmacology?

Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychopharmacology Research

What is Pharmacoepidemiology?

What is Neuropharmacology?

Metabolomics in Pharmacology

Importance of Allostery in Pharmacology

Importance of Pharmacology in Dentistry

Pharmacist Career

Latest Pharmacology News and Research

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