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Second cycle degree course in
Medical, veterinary anf pharmaceutical biotechnologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

MEDICINAL PRODUCTS FOR ADVANCED THERAPY
cod. 1000255

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Farmaceutico tecnologico applicativo (CHIM/09)
Field
Discipline farmaceutiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Learning objectives

Main goal of the course is the understanding of the chemistry and physics of natural and synthetic polymers used in tissue engineering  and drug delivery

Prerequisites

General knowledge of inorganic and organic chemistry are required

Course unit content

 Natural and synthetic polymers for biomedical use.<br />
Tridimensional polymeric scaffolds.<br />
Chemical modification of polymers.<br />
Solid-state manipulation.<br />
Physico-chemical characterisation polymeric films:<br />
hydrophilicity (contact angle, swelling index);<br />
mechanical characteristics (elastic module, elongation to break,                 deformability);<br />
porosity of tridimensional structures;<br />
surface characteristics (roughness) by microscopy;<br />
chemical composition of the surface.<br />
Polymeric scaffolds as drug delivery systems.

Full programme

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Bibliography

A. Martin, Physical Pharmacy, Fourth Edition, Lea & Febiger 1993<br />
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Bibliographic material will be distributed during the course

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