Pharmacology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Protein methyltransferases as a target class for drug discovery.

30 Aug 2009 The protein methyltransferases (PMTs) - which methylate protein lysine and arginine residues and have crucial roles in gene transcription - are emerging as an important group of enzymes that play key parts in normal physiology and human diseases. ... Read more...

Active compounds and atoms of society: plants, bodies, minds and cultures in the work of Kenyan ethnobotanical knowledge.

30 Jul 2009 This paper examines a sequence of investigations in parasitology, botany, pharmacology, psychometrics and ethnopsychology focused on Kenyan village children's knowledge of medicinal herbs. We follow this work of making and ordering of knowledge, ... Read more...

Building disease-specific drug-protein connectivity maps from molecular interaction networks and PubMed abstracts.

29 Jul 2009 The recently proposed concept of molecular connectivity maps enables researchers to integrate experimental measurements of genes, proteins, metabolites, and drug compounds under similar biological conditions. The study of these maps provides ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pharmacology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Rubin Bressler 1928-2009. 21 Sep 2009
• Protein methyltransferases as a target class for drug discovery. 30 Aug 2009
• An audience with...Sir Michael Rawlins. 30 Aug 2009
• Defining innovation. 30 Aug 2009
• Active compounds and atoms of society: plants, bodies, minds and cultures in the work of Kenyan ethnobotanical knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• On call. My husband subscribes to "Harvard Men's Health Watch," but I read it and like it as much as he does. Since he listens to your advice, I hope you can resolve a problem that worries me. My husband refuses to throw out pills that are past expiration dates. I never keep foods longer than I should, so I hope you'll convince him to clean out the medicine closet the way I take care of the fridge and pantry. 30 Jul 2009
• Building disease-specific drug-protein connectivity maps from molecular interaction networks and PubMed abstracts. 29 Jul 2009
• The forum for collaborative HIV research: a model for an integrated and inclusive approach to clinical research and drug development. 27 Jul 2009
• Assessment of kidney function for drug dosing. 7 Jul 2009
• Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity. 3 Jul 2009
• Characterization of the contents of ascending colon to which drugs are exposed after oral administration to healthy adults. 30 Jun 2009
• [Chronicles of St. Petersburg pharmacology (on 210th anniversary of the Department of Pharmacology of the St. Petersburg State Military Medical Academy)] 29 Jun 2009
• Semiparametric distributions with estimated shape parameters. 29 Jun 2009
• Pharmacology in radiology. 29 Jun 2009
• Conference Scene: New perspectives on nanoneuroscience, nanoneuropharmacology and nanoneurotoxicology. 29 Jun 2009
• [What kind of ethical education for pharmacists is necessary? Can "the core curriculum model for pharmacology education" provide the needed guidance?] 29 Jun 2009
• PubChem: a public information system for analyzing bioactivities of small molecules. 2 Jun 2009
• An inquiry into the action of acupuncture on the human body by means of pharmacology. 30 May 2009
• [Statistics used in pharmacological research] 30 May 2009
• [Novel method of sequential urine collection and recording in freely moving mice] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Pharmacology'

Definition: The study of the origin, nature, properties, and actions of drugs and their effects on living organisms.

Descriptor UI: D010600

Alternative terms: Pharmacology; Pharmacologies;

Related Mesh Headings: Pharmaceutical Preparations;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.158.703; H02.628;

Technical Notes: the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use PHARMACOLOGICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for the properties of drugs and their metabolism and interactions; the qualifier /pharmacology is available for use with drugs and chemicals; methods: consider TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DF: PHARM