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Hallelujah moments : tales of drug discovery

Title
Hallelujah moments : tales of drug discovery / Eugene H. Cordes.
Author
Cordes, Eugene H.
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description
xiv, 243 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Subject
  • Drug development > History
  • Drugs > Research
  • Pharmaceutical chemistry
  • Drug Discovery > history
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical > methods
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations > history
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9780199337149 (alk. paper)
  • 0199337144 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2013023203
OCLC
  • ocn847936903
  • 847936903
  • SCSB-14174170
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries