Index

Biology

1. 1. What is biology?
2. 2.1. Introduction to the atom. Its structure
3. 2.2. Some chemical definitions
4. 2.3. Chemical bonds
5. 2.4. Atomic physics
6. 2.5. The carbon atom
7. 3.1. Biological macromolecules. Introduction
8. 3.2. Carbohydrates
9. 3.3. Lipids
10. 3.4. Proteins
11. 3.5. Nucleic acids
12. 4.1.1. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Main components
13. 4.1.2. The endomembrane system. The cytoskeleton
14. 4.1.3. Plasma membrane. Cellular transport
15. 4.2. Cellular metabolism
16. 4.3.1. Cell respiration I: Glycolysis. Krebs cycle - New!
17. 4.3.2. Cell respiration II: Oxidative phosphorylation - New!
18. 4.4. Cell communication - New!
19. 4.5.1. Cell reproduction I - New!
20. 4.5.2. Cell reproduction II - New!

Drugs

1. 1.1. Drug development. Overview
2. 1.2.1. Introduction to drug discovery. Prediscovery of targets
3. 1.2.2. Identifying targets
4. 1.2.3. Screening candidates
5. 1.2.4. Optimisation of candidates
6. 1.3.1. Pre-clinical phase
7. 1.3.2. Routes of drug administration
8. 1.3.3. A case study: developing inhaled products
9. 1.3.4. Safety and efficacy of drugs
10. 1.3.5. Novel drug delivery systems
11. 1.3.6. Repurposing drugs
12. 1.4.1. Clinical research: Overview
13. 1.4.2. Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
14. 1.4.3. Clinical trials and drug approval in the US - New!
15. 1.5. Quality control in pharmaceutical industry - New!
16. 1.6. Personalised medicine - New!

Miscellaneous

1. 1.1. What is science? How it works
2. 1.2. The scientific method
3. 1.3. Basic and applied science
4. 2.1. Scanning tunneling microscope (STM)
5. 2.2. Atomic force microscope (AFM)

Nanomedicine

1. 1.1. Nanotechnology. Introduction
2. 1.2. Nanostructures
3. 1.3. Top-down and bottom-up approach
4. 2.1. Introduction to nanomedicine
5. 2.2.1. Introduction to biosensors
6. 2.2.2. Imaging diagnostics
7. 2.2.3. Nanobiosensors