Do an Internet search and fi nd another drug, besides aspirin and penicillin, which has been isolated from an organism. Provide information on the organism, how it was discovered, and how it is used in the healthcare industry. Provide information how this chemical is used by the organism in nature. (Try searching with “natural medicinal chemicals” or “natural medical botanical products.”)
What will be an ideal response?
To help students with this question, you may want to use the following types of drugs
for this question: a statin such as Lipitor; nitroglycerin which is used to treat heart disease;
Herceptin, which is used to treat breast cancer; or Prozac or Sarafem, which are used to treat
depression. Other interesting drug development stories can be found at the Dolan DNA
Learning Center DNAi and the Genentech Web site.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).