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Ladataan... Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery (1988)Tekijä: Jeff Goldberg
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Story of the race to discover endorphins, won by a modestly funded lab in Aberdeen. Quite a technical book, although also paints a clear picture of the importance of the interplay of personalities within and between the teams of investigators. Extraordinary the repetitiveness of the groping forwards that the investigative scientists engage in. Despite initial hopes, so far this discovery has not resulted in a non addictive substitute for morphine. ( ) ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
The story of endorphins--the body's own morphine. "Fascinating." -- The New Yorker The exciting story of the race to discover endorphins--opiate-like chemicals in the brain--and their links to: drug addiction runner's high appetite control sexual response mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia In late 1973, scientists John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz spent the majority of their time in an underfunded, obscure, and cramped laboratory in Aberdeen, Sweden. While working on the brains of pigs, the duo discovered a nonaddictive narcotic chemical that they hoped to later find in human brains. If they could isolate this chemical in humans, perhaps they could find a way to help the world begin to heal itself. Hughes and Kosterlitz's research would inevitably lead them to discover endorphins, the body's own natural morphine and the chemical that makes it possible to feel both pain and pleasure. Announcing their findings to the scientific world thrust Hughes and Kosterlitz in the spotlight and made them celebrities. Soon, scientists all over the world were hastily examining the human brain and its endorphins. In a few years' time, they would use the team's initial research to link endorphins to drug addiction, runner's high, appetite control, sexual response, and mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia. In Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery, Jeff Goldberg describes Hughes and Kosterlitz's lives before, during, and after their historic and scientific breakthrough. He also takes a look at the bigger picture, revealing the brutal competition between drug companies to find a way to cash in on this monumental discovery. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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