Magic, Folk Medicine and Modern Drug Discovery
In-Person Event
May 09, 2016
London, England, GBOVERVIEW
Magic, Folk Medicine and Modern Drug Discovery is organized by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and would be held on May 09, 2016 at The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, England, United Kingdom.
In this lecture, David Witty will be giving his personal perspective on the development of pain killers from folk medicines in the age of alchemy, through to the first scientific drug discoveries of effective analgesics, and onto the medicines of today. He will further discuss the issues that affect many current painkillers, in both clinical and over-the-counter use, and indicate how our understanding of the processes behind the experience of pain has led us to target new pathways. The lecture will also describe the challenges in designing translational studies for pain and the obstacles faced in bringing a new class of drugs to the marke.
In this lecture, David Witty will be giving his personal perspective on the development of pain killers from folk medicines in the age of alchemy, through to the first scientific drug discoveries of effective analgesics, and onto the medicines of today. He will further discuss the issues that affect many current painkillers, in both clinical and over-the-counter use, and indicate how our understanding of the processes behind the experience of pain has led us to target new pathways. The lecture will also describe the challenges in designing translational studies for pain and the obstacles faced in bringing a new class of drugs to the marke.
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09 May, 2016
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09 May, 2016
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