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Ivermectin: A Reflection on Simplicity (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Campbell William C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201601492
Subject(s) - simplicity , ivermectin , reflection (computer programming) , computer science , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , veterinary medicine , programming language
Parasitic diseases including river blindness and lymphatic filariasis affect hundreds of millions of people annually. The discovery of the drug ivermectin has provided humankind with a powerful new means to combat these severe diseases. To a very large extent the drug was brought about by “simple” science.
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