Find out more about how The Lecture List works.
Coronavirus situation updateOur lecture organisers may or may not have had time to update their events with cancellation notices. Clearly social gatherings are to be avoided and that includes lectures. STAY AT HOME FOLKS, PLEASE. |
Find out what you can do to keep The Lecture List online
 |
|
We discuss drawing medicine from natural resources, exploring medical, economical and social benefits compared to drugs synthesised in the lab.
For hundreds of years we have used plants and their extracts for their healing properties. Ancient Egyptians chewed white willow bark to relieve fevers and reduce inflammation, and many years later scientists discovered that the bark contains salicylic acid, the active ingredient used to make aspirin. Today we continue to turn to plants for medicinal uses, such as harvesting the bark of Yew trees to produce Taxol, a chemotherapy drug for treating cancer. In this panel discussion we investigate how sustainable it is to derive our medicines from natural resources, exploring the medical, economical and social benefits in comparison to drugs synthesised in the lab.
Speaker(s): |
Professor Dianna Bowles | talks |
|
|
Date and Time: |
5 July 2013 at 6:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
|
|
Venue: |
The Royal Society |
|
|
Tickets: |
Free |
Available from: |
http://royalsociety.org/events/2013/marvellous-medicine/ |
Additional Information: |
This panel discussion is part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2013. royalsociety.org/summer Or call 020 7451 2213 |
Register to tell a friend about this lecture.
If you would like to comment about this lecture, please register here.
©2003-2006 Niminim Limited. Created by 
Any ad revenue is entirely reinvested into the Lecture List's operating fund
