Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories behind the Drugs We UseOxford University Press, 7 сент. 2006 г. - Всего страниц: 336 The stories behind drug discovery are fascinating, full of human and scientific interest. This is a book on the history of drug discovery that highlights the intellectual splendor of discoverers as well as the human frailty associated them. History is replete with examples of breakthrough medicines that have saved millions of lives. Ether as an anesthetic by Morton; penicillin as an antibiotic by Fleming; and insulin as an anti-diabetic by Banting are just a few examples. The discoverers of these medicines are doubtlessly benefactors to mankind--for instance, without penicillin, 75% of us probably would not be alive because some of our parents or grandparents would have succumbed to infections. Dr. Jack Li, a medicinal chemist who is intimately involved with drug discovery, has assembled an astounding amount of facts and information behind important drugs through extensive literature research and interviews with many inventors of the drugs including Viagra and Lipitor. There have been many myths and inaccuracies associated with those legendary drugs. The inventors perspectives afforded this book an invaluable accuracy and insight because history is not history unless it is true. The text is supplemented by many anecdotes, pictures and postage stamps. Both specialist and layman will find Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor informative and entertaining. Students in chemistry, pharmacy, and medicine, workers in healthcare and high school science teachers will find this book most useful. |
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... developed countries. At the beginning of 2005, the American Cancer Society announced that, for the first time, cancer had surpassed heart disease as the number one killer of Americans. Cancer, which is the uncontrollable multiplication ...
... developed countries. At the beginning of 2005, the American Cancer Society announced that, for the first time, cancer had surpassed heart disease as the number one killer of Americans. Cancer, which is the uncontrollable multiplication ...
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... develop scrotal skin cancers than their French counterparts.1 Further scrutiny revealed that the continental sweeps ... developed grotesque skin cancer on their ears. Before this study, many scientists had tried the same approach, but ...
... develop scrotal skin cancers than their French counterparts.1 Further scrutiny revealed that the continental sweeps ... developed grotesque skin cancer on their ears. Before this study, many scientists had tried the same approach, but ...
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... developed the same type of cancer at the injection area. This was possibly the first time that a tumor was ... develop severe bone marrow cancer. In effect, the mice mutated the leukemia virus to another form that caused bone marrow ...
... developed the same type of cancer at the injection area. This was possibly the first time that a tumor was ... develop severe bone marrow cancer. In effect, the mice mutated the leukemia virus to another form that caused bone marrow ...
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... develop, one has to lose one tumorsuppressing gene in addition to having two or more oncogenes. While Weinberg was working to prove his hypothesis that it took two or more oncogenes to cause cancer, a young scientist in Canada almost ...
... develop, one has to lose one tumorsuppressing gene in addition to having two or more oncogenes. While Weinberg was working to prove his hypothesis that it took two or more oncogenes to cause cancer, a young scientist in Canada almost ...
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... developed at the turn of the twentieth century and first used during World War I.9 Throughout the years, it has killed or maimed countless people. One famous victim was a 29-year-old German corporal, Adolf Hitler, who became temporarily ...
... developed at the turn of the twentieth century and first used during World War I.9 Throughout the years, it has killed or maimed countless people. One famous victim was a 29-year-old German corporal, Adolf Hitler, who became temporarily ...
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2 Drugs to Kill Germs | 43 |
From Nitroglycerin to Lipitor | 75 |
4 Sex and Drugs | 103 |
5 Drugs of the Mind | 129 |
6 Diabetes Drugs | 165 |
7 Anesthetics | 187 |
8 AntiInflammatory Drugs | 213 |
9 Reflections | 241 |
Chemical Structures | 245 |
Trademarks of the Drugs | 277 |
Bibliography | 281 |
Index | 295 |
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Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories behind the Drugs We Use Jie Jack Li Ограниченный просмотр - 2006 |
Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories Behind the Drugs We Use Jie Jack Li Ограниченный просмотр - 2006 |
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