Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Pharmacology

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Study of action of drugs which can be man-made, endogenous and natural or a molecule which exhibits a physical or biological effect on tissue, organ, organism or a single cell is known as pharmacology. In earlier times, pharmacology focused on natural substances most of which were plants, but from 19th century, pharmacologists started the use of genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and other tools to renovate the information gathered about mechanisms at molecular level and to target a therapy against specific disease. This information is useful to design a method for preventive care, diagnosis and ultimately personalized medicine.