All Health articles – Page 47

  • FEATURE-Blood-brain-barrier-300
    Feature

    Breaking through the barrier

    2011-05-31T11:41:00Z

    Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress

  • A row of asthma inhalers
    Podcast

    Salbutamol

    2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

     Andrea Sella introduces an asthmatic's elixir with an athletic avenue for abuse

  • Intravenous drip
    Podcast

    Salvarsan

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    Giving us the history behind the first man-made chemotherapy agent, Phil Robinson talks us through Salvarsan

  • cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis

  • Feature

    The birth of the pill

    2010-08-27T14:45:00Z

    Fifty years after its birth, John Mann reports on the conception and evolution of the contraceptive pill

  • Antibiotic tablets on a white table
    Podcast

    Vancomycin

    2010-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explains the chemistry behind vancomycin, an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections

  • Periodic table of the elements – 4 – Beryllium
    Podcast

    Beryllium

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Van Noorden introduces an element that has given us gorgeous gemstones, spark proof tools for the oil industry and a deadly lung condition