Dr. Genevieve Lind explains how she uses frog eggs to learn how drugs affect receptors in the brain and Jessi's chicken Goldie shows us one use for the cloaca. Hosted by: Hank Green

In 1960, Frances Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration's newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives - though no one knew it at the time. Andrea Tone explains how...

Antibiotics: behind the scenes, they enable much of modern medicine. We use them to cure infectious diseases, and to safely facilitate everything from surgery to chemotherapy to organ transplants. But we’ve stopped discovering new ones...

Which of the following is risky behavior: a person taking cholesterol medicine with grapefruit juice? Or a person taking Acetaminophen before going out for drinks? Or a person on blood thinners who takes an aspirin? Turns out, all of...

Engineers are problem solvers, and our own health is full of problems to be engineered. In this episode we discuss drug discovery and drug delivery. We’ll explore everything from classical and reverse pharmacology to the new field of...

Howcast - Learn about the psychological effects of marijuana use in this Howcast video.

In this video, we explore the major classes of drug classes that are used in the treatment of pulmonary disorders (asthma and COPD) along with their mechanisms of action. Specifically, we consider the classes of drugs that directly...

In this video, we will be exploring the mechanisms of action of several antihypertensive drugs that act in the cardiovascular system and on the heart: β-blockers, calcium-channel blocker's, and α-blockers.

In this video, we explore the basic pharmacology of Parkinon's disease.

Glucocorticoids constitute a major drug class in treating inflammation and autoimmune disease. These include endogenous hormones that can be administered exogenously, but also synthetic alternatives with a variety of functions. These...

In this video, we explore the major classes of drugs that are used in the treatment of pulmonary disorders (asthma and COPD) along with their mechanisms of action. Specifically, we consider the classes of drugs that do not directly...

In this video, we explore the basic pharmacology of Alzheimer's disease.

In this video, we discuss the vitamin K cycle and how the mechanism of action of warfarin (Coumadin) interferes to thin the blood.

In this video, explore the biochemical mechanisms that promote bronchoconstriction and bronchodilation.

In this video, we explore normal physiology of lipoprotein metabolism and the various medications that act at this pathway.

In this video, we explore the pharmacology of various medications that act on the pathway for lipoprotein metabolism.

In this video, we explore normal physiology of lipoprotein metabolism and the various medications that act at this pathway.

Coughing is a complex process that involves an initial response to an irritant, moves up to the medulla, and triggers the abdomen to constrict. Antitussives are a wide range of drugs that attempt to supress the cough response. How do...

In this video, we explore the four major classes of diuretics that are used in the treatment of hypertension including their mechanisms of action.

In this video, we discuss the drugs and pharmacology affecting the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone [RAAS] Pathway.

Everybody knows what allergies are, but what causes them? What drugs do we have available to address them? As we learned in the immunology series, allergies are symptoms of an immune response to a perceived threat. Histamine is a...

In this video, we explore the mechanisms of action of drugs affecting some aspect of the clotting cascade including factor Xa, thrombin, and plasmin.

In this video, we explore the basic mechanisms of drug interactions (inhibition and induction), using examples with cytochrome P450 and two drugs, drug A and drug B.

In this video, we discuss the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones, their mechanism of action, and any relevant targets in pharmacology.