Word: antibioticized
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He stopped the synthesis of all RNA by treating the cells with the specific antibiotic Actinomycin D, which is, incidentally, used to stop the growth of cancer cells. From then on, all protein synthesis depended on pre-existing messengers. He detected new protein molecules by exposing the cells to radioactive...
There is no doubt that chloramphenicol, better known by Parke, Davis & Co.'s trade name of Chloromycetin, is a potent and valuable antibiotic. That has been clear since 1947, when it was found to kill a wider variety of bacteria than penicillin or other early antibiotics. Better yet, it...
Although the diseases against which Chloromycetin is clearly superior are far more common in tropical and underdeveloped countries than in the U.S., most of Parke, Davis' huge sales of the antibiotic (up to $86 million in 1960, $72 million in 1966) have been in domestic prescriptions. For what? Far...
406 Hours of Tests. Penicillin G, one of the most widely used forms of the supreme antibiotic, differs from aspirin in being a prescription item, but resembles it in being free of patent, royalty and basic-research costs. Yet here again there is a huge price spread: E. R. Squibb...
Several antibiotics are effective against the infection, and because the disease is so severe, doctors have been inclined to combine them, hoping for a fast knockout. As Dr. Wehrle puts it, "There is a fixed and mystical belief that if one antibiotic is good, two must be better, and three...