What is an opportunistic infection? How are drugs trialled? What is pharming?The Why Science Matters series demonstrates how the science we learn atschool is im... » 

What is an opportunistic infection? How are drugs trialled? What is pharming?The Why Science Matters series demonstrates how the science we learn atschool is important in every aspect of our everyday lives. Using case studiesand investigations the series describes the development of science andtechnologies that can improve our lives or lead to new scientific challengesand controversies. In Finding Better Medicines we learn how the body fightsillness and infection and sometimes needs the help of medicines to be cured. Wefind how some drugs we now take for granted such as aspirin and penicillinwere developed how pharmaceutical companies research and improve new drugsand how advanced technologies such as genetic engineering can be used to createplants and animals that can be farmed for medicines. «