Hallelujah moments : tales of drug discovery / Eugene H. Cordes.
By: Cordes, Eugene H [author.].
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2014Description: xiv, 243 pages : illustrations some color ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199337149 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Drug Discovery -- history | Chemistry, Pharmaceutical -- methods | History, 20th Century | History, 21st Century | Pharmaceutical Preparations -- historyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 615.1/9| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RM301.25 .C67 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002728 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
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.