HMX Fundamentals Pharmacology

Harvard HMS

Pharmacology is the study of what a substance or drug does to a living organism and how it can be used in the treatment and prevention of disease. This includes the use of the classic small molecule drugs or newer therapeutics such as stem cell and gene therapies. In order to understand how these different therapeutics can be used to treat or prevent disease it is important to understand the basics of pharmacology. In this course, we will start with the fundamental concepts of pharmacology,…