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RECORD NUMBER: 30 OF 80| Main Title | Hallelujah moments : tales of drug discovery / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Cordes, Eugene H., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2014 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 847936903 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780199337149 (alk. paper); 0199337144 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Drug development--History ; Drugs--Research ; Pharmaceutical chemistry ; Drug Discovery--history ; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical--methods ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Pharmaceutical Preparations--history | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 243 pages : illustrations some color ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Seduced by drug discovery -- The small molecules of life -- Proteins : molecular wonders in three dimensions -- Proteins perform multiple functions : enzymes, receptors, ion channels -- Drug discovery and development : the road from an idea to promoting human health -- Finasteride : the Gary and Jerry show -- Basic research, snake venoms, and ACE inhibitors : Ondetti, Cushman, and Patchett -- Statins : protection against heart attacks and strokes -- The perils of primaxin -- Avermectins : molecules of life battle parasites -- Fludalanine : nice try but no hallelujah -- Diabetes breakthrough : Januvia and Janumet. |