Magic Bullets Flashcards
Who developed Koch’s work to isolate antitoxins
Emil vin Behring
Who set up his own research team
Paul ehrlich
Who joined ehrlichs team and when
Dr hata in 1909
What did hata and ehrlich discover
Slavasan 606 to cure syphilis
Who discovered the second major bullet and when
Gerhard domagk in 1932
What was the sending magic bulle
Prontosil to treat blood poisoning
How did science and technology contribute to discovery
Ehrlich was part of Koch’s team and had experience of chemical cures for disease
Technological developments in 19th century made it possible to mass produce pills which made he pharmaceutical industry grow rapidly
How did the government contribute to the discovery
After Pasteur and kicks discovery they became more involved
Ehrlich could only carry out research due to government funds
How did individuals contribute to findings
Paul ehrlich
Emil Von Behring
Dr hata
Gerhad domagk
Who was Alexander Fleming
A chemist
What did Fleming find
Bacteria growing and unknown mould was killing it in the same dish which led to him discovering it was penecillin
When did Fleming publish his findings
1929 but he was unable to get funding
Who helped Fleming
Florey and chain read about his work and in 1939 they set up a team to develop penecillin
What did they text penecillin on
Nice in 1949 and in 1941 they tried it on patients
Why were patients still dying
There was only a small amount available
When was the large scale production for penecillin
1944
Why did Florey and Norman heatley go to USA
To se did any drug companies would fund their research and ythey we’re finally successful in 1941
Impact of penecillin
First antibiotic
Helped treat infection in Second World War
What was a limitation to penecillin
Expensive
Joseph Lister discovered it in 1871 butt didn’t realise it’s potential
Wasn’t enough to treat patients successfully at first
Impact of magic bullets
Scientific methods showed research worked
They had knowledge of chemical that could treat a particular disease
Limitations of magic bullets
Could only kill 1 infection
Penecillin was better as it could kill s range of infections at once
