Life saving drugs: the elusive magic bullet
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1. Verfasser: Mann, J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry c2004
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index
Fighting Bacteria -- The Black Death -- Miasmata, Animalcules and Malaria -- Antiseptics -- From Dyes to Sulfonamides: The First Antibacterials -- Penicillins: Early Ideas of Antibiosis -- Penicillins: Fleming's Serendipitous Discovery -- Chain and Florey and the Penicillin Production Line -- Semi-Synthetic Penicillins and the Growing Problem of Resistance -- The Mould that Grew on Sewage: Evolution of the Cephalosporins -- The Mode of Action of the Penicillins and Cephalosporins -- The White Plague and its Treatment -- More 'Treasures' from the Streptomyces -- The Rise of the 'Superbugs' -- Antiviral Treatments -- Introduction: What is a Virus? -- Antibodies: Nature's Magic Bullets -- Smallpox -- Rabies -- Polio -- Gene Technology -- Coughs and Colds and Influenza -- Influenza: The Disease -- Influenza: The Treatments -- The Common Cold -- Herpes: Colds Sores and Chicken Pox -- Aids: History of the Disease -- Aids: Prevention and Treatment -- Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses -- Cancer: The Disease and its Treatment -- Cancer Chemotherapy -- From Poison Gas to Platinum Drugs -- Beating Leukaemia -- Other Anti-metabolites -- Periwinkles, Mayapples and Yew Trees: Anti-Cancer Drugs from Plants -- Microorganisms also Produce Anti-Tumour Agents -- Anti-Tumour Drugs from the Sea -- Turning off Hormonal Influences -- Breast Cancer -- Prostate Cancer -- Biological Warfare Against Cancer Cells -- Prevention is Better Than Cure -- Magic Bullets: Still Elusive After all These Years
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ISBN:184755122X
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