What is an opportunistic infection? How are drugs trialled? What is “pharming’? The 'Why Science Matters' series demonstrates how the science we learn at school is important in every aspect of our everyday lives. Using case studies and investigations, the series describes the development of science and technologies that can improve our lives – or lead to new scientific challenges and controversies. In 'Finding Better Medicines', we learn how the body fights illness and infection and sometimes needs the help of medicines to be cured. We find how some drugs we now take for granted (such as aspirin and penicillin) were developed, how pharmaceutical companies research and improve new drugs, and how advanced technologies such as genetic engineering can be used to create plants and animals that can be farmed for medicines.
- ISBN10 0431040680
- ISBN13 9780431040684
- Publish Date 20 October 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Capstone Global Library Ltd
- Imprint Raintree
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 56
- Language English