Quiz: Do You Know Pharmacology Facts?
This is the final post in our miniseries on pharmacology. Check out the others: “What Is Pharmacology?“, “What Happens to Medicine In Your Body?“, and “How Do Medicines Work?“
Credit: NIGMS.
Pharmacologists research how the body acts on medicines (e.g., absorption, excretion) and how medicines act in the body, as well as how these effects vary from person to person. NIGMS-funded pharmacology researchers are:
Conducting research to design medicines with fewer side effects
Exploring how genes cause people to respond differently to medicines
Developing new methods and molecular targets for drug discovery
Discovering medicines based on natural products
Understanding how medicines act using computers
Monitoring brain function under anesthesia to develop safer anesthetic medicines that reduce side effects
Creating artificial tissue to heal muscles after traumatic injuries
Investigating how to treat patients with sepsis
Measuring tissue damage from burns to help improve treatment options
Test your pharmacology knowledge with the quiz below.
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