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Dr Michael Mosley tells the story of how the world’s most useful and valuable drugs were created. The most poisonous toxin known to man, Botulinum, is now used as an anti-wrinkle drug called Botox. Yet it...
What medical secrets do venomous snails hold? How can listening in on bacterial conversations help develop new antibiotics? In four lectures given in the 2009 Holiday Lectures series, Dr. Bonnie L. Bassler...
Follows the progress of Dr Paul Zamecnick to treat disease and avoid damaging side effects by using DNA itself as a drug to block disease at its genetic base. Examines the long struggle against intense...
A laboratory bench explanation of medicinal powders - the mixing, preparation and proportional use of materials followed by the packaging of the powders in either paper or cachets.
Looks at the problems and special needs that occur when medicines are used by older people, who may react differently to certain medicines. Compliance is often a problem. When prescribing for the elderly,...
Fourth in the series of programmes on life in Elizabethan England. Doctors Phil Hammond and Tony Gardner discuss remedies in Elizabethan England including the use of leeches.
The placebo effect is a long-recognised phenomenon that has played an important part in the history of medicine. But it’s not until recently that science has begun to truly understand how the placebo...
A highly informative film entitled How medicines were made, revealing some of the secrets of pharmacy’s history, is on sale. The film shows Peter Homan, retired community pharmacist and one of the...
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