Hallelujah moments : tales of drug discovery / Eugene H. Cordes.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

xiv, 243 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seduced by drug discovery -- The small molecules of life -- Proteins : molecular wonders in three dimensions -- Proteins perform multiple functions : enzymes, receptors, ion channels -- Drug discovery and development : the road from an idea to promoting human health -- Finasteride : the Gary and Jerry show -- Basic research, snake venoms, and ACE inhibitors : Ondetti, Cushman, and Patchett -- Statins : protection against heart attacks and strokes -- The perils of primaxin -- Avermectins : molecules of life battle parasites -- Fludalanine : nice try but no hallelujah -- Diabetes breakthrough : Januvia and Janumet.