Stories of medicine development

Find out the sories behind how medicines were discovered and developed. There are also simple experiments that can be performed. These drugs are dealt with in the 'A' level & Higher curricula in biology and chemistry.

The stories are on the following medicines:

•    Insulin

•    Penicillin

•    Salbutamol

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