CHEMISTRY 101

UNDERSTANDING DRUGS
Fall 1997

 

PLEASE LINK TO THE FALL 1998 VERSION

Boyer, Walker and Skou win Chemistry Nobel for ATP synthase and Na/K punp

Stanley Prusiner receives Nobel Prize for Prion Research

Image of human brain with Creutzfeld Jacob disease

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CLASS SCHEDULE

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

9/2 Overview

9/4 Origins:atoms, medicine,attitudes

9/9 Herbs (our friends the Plants)

9/11 Rules of the Game: Molecules

9/16 amino acids and proteins

9/18 vitamins

9/23 Placebos and testing

9/25 Bacteria

9/30 Immune system

10/2 Immune system

10/7 Gin & Tonics and Malaria

10/9 Heart Attacks & Aspirin

Holiday

10/16 Heart Attacks & Aspirin

10/21 Steroids & other Hormones

10/23 Caffeine

10/28 Dieting

10/30 Dieting

11/4 DNA

11/6 Viruses

11/11 HIV

11/13 HIV2-AZT,3TC, protease inhibitors

11/18 Cancer

11/20 Mental Illness

11/25 Addiction

Holiday

12/2 Hallucinogens

12/4 Drugs and Society

Sunday 12/7 fieldtrip