Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering
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Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering at NPTEL Overview
Duration | 12 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering at NPTEL Highlights
- This is an AICTE approved FDP course
Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering at NPTEL Course details
- Anyone in bachelors having completed two year
- This course introduces concepts of drug delivery to meet medical challenges
- The course is designed to be modular, with each module focusing on the various aspects of drug delivery
Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering at NPTEL Curriculum
Week 1
Pharmacokinetics: Bioavailability, Elimination, Therapeutic index
Week 2
Prodrugs, Controlled release
Week 3
Polymers: Synthesis, properties, characterization, crystallinity and amorphousness
Week 4
Biopolymers: Natural and Synthetic, biocompatibility, Biodegradation, commonly used biopolymers
Week 5
Polymer-Drug conjugates, PEGylation
Week 6
Diffusion controlled systems, Ficks laws, Reservoir systems, Non-erodible matrix systems, Bio-erodible Systems
Week 7
Hydrogels: Physical or chemical, pore-size calculation, in-situ crosslinking
Week 8
Nano and Micro-particles: Dendrimers, Liposomes, Micelles
Week 9
Metal and polymeric particles, effect of particle shape, charge and elasticity
Week 10
Protein Adsorption and tissue engineering, Drug delivery in tissue engineering
Week 11
Implant associated infections, Route specific delivery: Oral, Subcutaneous, Intramuscular, transdermal, inhalation, intravenous
Week 12
Vaccines, Cancer vaccines, Cell and gene delivery, Smart responsive drug delivery, Targeted drug delivery, Nanotoxicology and market translation
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