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pharmacology
2 free lessons tagged pharmacology across Science. Each one is a short sequence of focused steps with narration and a five-question quiz at the end — take them in any order, no signup required.
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intermediateAntibiotics: selective toxicity and how resistance defeats it
An antibiotic has to break something a bacterium has and you do not. This lesson covers the four target families, how MIC is measured, the four ways bacteria defeat a drug, and how a resistance gene moves between cells that are not even related.
11 steps·~17 min
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intermediateGLP-1 receptor agonists: hormone biology and clinical effects
What the GLP-1 hormone does in normal physiology, why agonists of its receptor produce effects on glucose, gastric emptying, satiety, and weight, how peptide engineering achieves week-long duration, and what the clinical trial evidence shows beyond glycemic control.
8 steps·~12 min