A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2009, 2009
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| Series: | Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | VIII, 239 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230583740 |