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A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept

A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept - Science, Technology, and Medicine in Modern History

2009

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Publisher's Synopsis

The concept of specific receptors for drugs, hormones and transmitters lies at the very heart of biomedicine. This book is the first to consider the idea from its 19th century origins in the work of John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich, to its development of during the 20th century and its current impact on drug discovery in the 21st century.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780230554153
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2009
DEWEY: 615.7
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 416g
Height: 225mm
Width: 146mm
Spine width: 20mm