Poisons That Paralyze - Drug Design

Shows how short-term, reversible muscle relaxant drugs for use in surgery are developed from a knowledge of the structure and action of curare, a natural compound. Uses a piece of live muscle and nerve suspended in a life support liquid to measure the effects of drugs on muscle action recorded as a line trace.

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