Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy with Laboratory

The course intends to prepare the student to understand the pharmacological bases of therapy and the pharmacological profiles of the most commonly used drugs. Each individual topic will be treated in terms of pathophysiological description of the disease, the mechanism of action of the mainly used drugs and their profile of undesirable effects.
Laboratory
The aim is to provide students with the basic tools of biomolecular technologies used for the development of biotechnological drugs (RNA extraction, reverse transcription and PCR; plasmid DNA purification, digestion with restriction enzymes, ligation and transformation of bacteria).

The candidate must be able to demonstrate that he/she has understood, for each drug, the pharmacological profile and rationale for use, demonstrating the ability to evaluate the benefit/risk ratio inherent in their use.