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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
TOXI0350-1  Experimental toxicology (in vitro tests)
Duration :  10h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Pharmacy, Professional Focus in Creation and Development of medicines - bio-analysis, 2nd yearFirst semester2
Holder(s) :  Corinne Charlier
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Use of in vivo and in vitro tests to evaluate toxicity of chemical substances and drugs
Course objective :  To evaluate toxicity of chemical substances and drugs, and before human use, several experimental steps must be done :



  • micro-organism tests : speed and cheap, but with a lot of disadvantages (cell wall, none micro-oranite, specificity of ADN repair mechansisms, etc...);
  • eukaryotic cells tests : allow to control exactly the concentration used but not the study of influence of metabolic activation/inactivation (important in the study of cancer);
  • in vivo tests : results more sensitive and easier to transpose to human; the choice of a species is the "key" choice ; it is determinated by taking into account metabolic process and detoxification mechanisms.
Prerequisites :  "Toxicology" 1st master in Pharmaceutical sciences
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Contacts :  Professeur Corinne CHARLIER

Clinical, Forensic and Environmental Toxicological laboratory

CHU B35

Sart-Tilman, B4000 Liège

Tél.04/3667683

Fax 04/3668889

e-mail : C.Charlier@chu.ulg.ac.be


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