The College of Pharmacy organizes a training course on drug design

The College of Pharmacy at the University of Basrah organized a training course entitled (Drug Design Strategy)
The course included two lectures over two days. The first lecture was by Professor Dr. Wasfi Al-Masoudi from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Basrah, in which he aimed to introduce the drug design strategy in several ways, including structural modification of known drugs for the purpose of improving the physical and chemical properties of the drug in addition to improving its pharmacological effectiveness. The lecture also reviewed a number of research. Achievements and patents in the field of modifying the chemical structure of drugs, especially antibiotics, for the purpose of overcoming the resistance of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) to those antibiotics in order to design new generations of antibiotics that are less susceptible to resistance.
The second day included a lecture by lecturer Hoda Kamel Khasaf from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Basrah in which she presented a study on the pharmacokinetics of the pesticides used, their types, and methods of exposure to them through direct contact through the skin, through inhalation, and through eating foods exposed to toxic substances. Factors were also discussed. Which determines the degree of permeability of the body to these substances, such as the solubility and concentration of the toxic substance, and the mechanism by which the body affects these substances when they enter, which includes the process of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and finally the process of excretion from the body. Does the percentage remaining inside the body affect human health as it is stored in adipose tissue, which is transformed? Over time, it turns into toxic and carcinogenic substances. The lecture aimed to clarify the seriousness of the side effects of the use of pesticides on human health as a consumer of food exposed to this type of toxic chemicals, and to attempt to direct research to study the side effects of their use further.