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(BIOL 53601) This course is aimed at expanding students' fundamental interests in biology, chemistry and biochemistry to how drugs work. The course will provide an overview of the modern day drug discovery pipeline and an in-depth look at the basic biology, structure, and mechanisms-of-action behind marketed therapeutics. The course will start with a historical account of the discovery of natural product drugs such as aspirin and penicillin and will then venture into the modern day era of drug discovery including structure-based drug design. We will explore different classes of antibiotics, antiviral, and anti-cancer drugs and their targets including small molecule drugs and modern biologics-based drugs.

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