{"product_id":"the-drug-hunters-the-improbable-quest-to-discover-new-medicines-9781628729863","title":"The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA must-read for a 'behind the scenes' look at new drug development.\" --Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, NBC News Health Editor.\u003c\/i\u003e The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity-- by chewing, brewing, and snorting--some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e tzi the Iceman, the five-thousand-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze-age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings. Nowadays, Big Pharma conglomerates spend billions of dollars on state-of the art laboratories staffed by PhDs to discover blockbuster drugs. Yet, despite our best efforts to engineer cures, luck, trial-and-error, risk, and ingenuity are still fundamental to medical discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drug Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e is a colorful, fact-filled narrative history of the search for new medicines from our Neolithic forebears to the professionals of today, and from quinine and aspirin to Viagra, Prozac, and Lipitor. The chapters offer a lively tour of how new drugs are actually found, the discovery strategies, the mistakes, and the rare successes of drug hunters from the US, UK, Germany, and other nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Donald R. Kirsch infuses the book with his own expertise and experiences from thirty-five years of drug hunting, whether searching for life-saving molecules in mudflats by Chesapeake Bay or as a chief science officer and research group leader at major pharmaceutical companies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2781984\"\u003eDonald R. Kirsch\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5507852\"\u003eOgi Ogas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628729863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628729864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI034000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED071000\"\u003ePharmacology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED039000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald R. Kirsch, \u003c\/b\u003ePhD, has been a drug hunter for thirty five years, holds twenty-four drug-related patents, has written more than fifty papers, has been a reviewer for prestigious journals, a director, research group leader, and chief science officer at Wyeth, Cyanamid, Squibb, and Cambria Pharmaceuticals, and currently teaches drug discovery at Harvard Extension School. He lives in Westchester, MA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOgi Ogas\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a professional science writer. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Billion Wicked Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShrinks\u003c\/i\u003e and has published articles in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Boston, MA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadelyn Fernstrom\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is an award-winning clinician, scientist, health journalist, and author. She is a national media expert in the field of health and wellness with a particular focus on mindful living.","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698832052461,"sku":"9781628729863","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bc6aa178-7c8a-40a8-8aff-73edc2b43f38.jpg?v=1649906412","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-drug-hunters-the-improbable-quest-to-discover-new-medicines-9781628729863","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}