Cell and Molecular Fundamentals

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Cell and Molecular Fundamentals for Pharmacology students is a 2 credit, one-semester study of essential cell and molecular mechanisms underlying processes essential to life and instrumental in understanding disease and drug mechanisms. Topics will include, but are not limited to the cellular basis of living organisms, macromolecular structure function, bioenergetics, protein function control, internal cell structure and cytoskeleton, endomembrane sorting and transport, protein contributions to cell and organelle function, cell communication mechanisms, cell cycle and apoptosis, structural organization of genomes, control of gene expression, and differentiation mechanisms facilitating tissue form and function. The course is designed specifically to complement PHAR 5110 Pharmacy Biochemistry and to support CUW School of Pharmacy (SOP) student progression into pharmacology. Thus, enrollment is limited to SOP students only.