Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 158

NATURAL SCIENCES

Medicinal Chemistry
Overview

The search for new drugs to treat a wide range of
human ailments such as heart disease and cancer
remain a great challenge to the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries. The Medicinal Chemistry
course at Keele provides you with an understanding
of the complex biological and chemical problems
involved in the design and synthesis of novel
therapeutic agents. The course draws on basic
chemical principles to solve problems at the
interfaces of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular
biology and pharmacology.
In the first and second year, lectures cover core
material for study, introducing you to concepts
developed in workshops and laboratory classes.
In the third year, lectures and seminars c