Life Saving Drugs - (Rsc Paperbacks) by John Mann (Paperback)

About the Book

This book describes the discovery and development of antibacterial, anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs and highlights the colourful characters behind their inventions.

Book Synopsis

This book describes the discovery and development of antibacterial, anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs and highlights the colourful characters behind their inventions.

Review Quotes

A fascinating read..... should be on the recommended reading list for those entering the medical profession or a subject allied to medicine.

I recommend this book very strongly to all, whether chemists or biologists, who need to know about the biology of nitric oxide......of value not only to undergraduate students, and their teachers, but also to research workers.

Life Saving Drugs will be beneficial to undergraduates, not as a core text but to broaden their perspectives and to show them that pharmacology adn history are never dull.

Of interest to anyone who wants to know more about the molecular entities that comprise life saving drugs.....For the chemist. it will provide the fundamental knowledge.... For the nonscientist, it is illuminating and easy to read.

This is an essential book for the library - both personal and departmental.

Useful for anyone withan interest in medicines, from good A-level students to postgraduates, it certainly deserves a place in the teacher's personal library.

A fascinating read..... should be on the recommended reading list for those entering the medical profession or a subject allied to medicine.

-- "Chemistry & Industry, Issue 18, 19th September 2005 (Dr Sally Freeman)"

I recommend this book very strongly to all, whether chemists or biologists, who need to know about the biology of nitric oxide......of value not only to undergraduate students, and their teachers, but also to research workers.

-- "Biochemical Society, 27 July 2005 (Stuart Ferguson)"

Life Saving Drugs will be beneficial to undergraduates, not as a core text but to broaden their perspectives and to show them that pharmacology adn history are never dull.

-- "The Times Higher Educational Supplement, February 24, 2006 (Keith Hillier)"

Of interest to anyone who wants to know more about the molecular entities that comprise life saving drugs.....For the chemist. it will provide the fundamental knowledge.... For the nonscientist, it is illuminating and easy to read.

-- "Journal of Natural Products, 70(4), 711-712, 8 March 2007 (Romila D Charan)"

This is an essential book for the library - both personal and departmental.

-- "Education in Chemistry, September 2005 Issue (Simon Cotton)"

Useful for anyone withan interest in medicines, from good A-level students to postgraduates, it certainly deserves a place in the teacher's personal library.

-- "Journal of Biological Education, Vol 40, No.2, Spring 2006 (Gill Hickman)"