Pharmacology, Principles and Practice, a textbook created by several University of Toledo (UT) professors along with others from across the US was deemed 'highly commended' by the British Medical Association 2010 Medical Books Awards. The awards competition has recognised excellence in medical publishing since 1996.
The textbook meets the rapidly emerging needs of programmes training pharmacologic scientists seeking careers in basic research and drug discovery rather than such applied fields as pharmacy and medicine. The boom in pharmacology is driven by the recent decryption of the human genome and enormous progress in controlling genes and synthesizing proteins, making new and even custom drug design possible. This book makes use of these discoveries in presenting its topics, moving logically from drug receptors to the target molecules drug researchers seek, covering such modern topics along the way as side effects, drug resistance, Pharmacogenomics, and even nutriceuticals, one in a string of culminating chapters on the drug discovery process.
The editors and co-authors of the textbook are UT's Dr. Miles Hacker, professor of pharmacology, Dr. William Messer, professor and chair of pharmacology, and Dr. Kenneth Bachmann, professor emeritus of pharmacology. Other UT co-authors of the textbook include Dr. Kenneth Alexander, professor of pharmacy practice; Dr. Jeffrey Sarver, research associate in medicinal and biological chemistry; Dr. Paul Erhardt, professor of medicinal and biological chemistry; and Dr. William Taylor, associate professor of biological sciences.
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