The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines by Ogi Ogas, Donald R. Kirsch

The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines

Ogi Ogas, Donald R. Kirsch

328 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced

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The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter.The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity— by chewing, brewing, and s...

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