Pharma, Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology Conference

Molecular and cellular pharmacology is an important area of scientific research that deals with studying the interaction of drugs with their cellular target.

This in turn enlightens mechanistic processes about the drug action. In this lecture, the essentials of molecular and cellular pharmacology are discussed. As to why insights into these processes are useful for the development of drugs and design of therapeutic strategies, will be pointed out.

Actually, in the heart of molecular pharmacology lies the phenomenon of drug-receptor interaction. Today drugs are known to produce an effect through binding with certain receptors on the surface of cells or intracellular, which in turn triggers further biochemical steps that generate the physiological response. Thus, knowledge of their structure and function is an implicit pre-condition for developing drugs with decreased side effects in the interest of good efficacy.

This session will cover several types of receptors, namely G-protein coupled receptors followed by ion channels, and will end with nuclear receptors. It is going to be an interesting section as it shows their possible role in mediating drug effects.

Another key feature of cellular pharmacology is cell signaling pathways. Once a drug is bound to its receptor, it initiates a series of intracellular signaling events controlling vast numbers of cell functions. These functions may include gene expression, metabolism, and cell growth. In this session, we will review some of these important signaling pathways, such as the MAPK/ERK pathway and the PI3K/Act pathway.

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are essential aspects of how drugs relate to the body and vice versa. It relates the concentration of drugs to their effects, while pharmacokinetics deals with how drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted. It thus allows for the detailed scrutinization of these elements at the molecular and cellular level and allows researchers to optimize drug formulations and dosing regimens for better therapeutic results. Besides, this session will also demonstrate the great importance of the discovery of new therapeutic targets with respect to molecular and cellular pharmacology.

Genomic and proteomic advancements have paved new ways for drug discovery; it allows the researcher to develop a targeted therapy that can be used to cure other diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Participants will come to learn about the latest research data emerging in molecular and cellular pharmacology-the great advances of recent times, such as high-throughput screening and CRISPR-based approaches.

In learning about this intricate relationship between drugs and cellular processes, the healthcare professional will appreciate all the more complex differences of action of drugs and will thus come up with a great step forward for pharmaceutical sciences.

This session will cover all aspects of molecular and cellular pharmacology, focusing on how this domain relates to the production of safe and effective therapeutics.

The participants shall emerge with an increased understanding of the mechanisms underlying drug action and their implications for future drug discovery and development.