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  2. History of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s and 1970s, John Vane and others discovered the basic mechanism of aspirin's effects, [3]: 226–231 while clinical trials and other studies from the 1960s to the 1980s established aspirin's efficacy as an anti-clotting agent that reduces the risk of clotting diseases.

  3. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin is the genericized trademark for acetylsalicylic acid ... In the 1960s and 1970s, John Vane and others discovered the basic mechanism of aspirin's effects, ...

  4. Edward Stone (natural philosopher) - Wikipedia

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    Edward Stone was born in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1702.His parents were Edward Stone, a gentleman farmer, and his first wife Elizabeth Reynolds. His mother having died, his father took a second wife, Elizabeth Grubb, in 1707; the Grubb family was to play a major role in Stone's li

  5. Neanderthals 'discovered' aspirin and penicillin nearly ... - AOL

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    A new DNA test suggests they might have even self-prescribed an early version of a common modern day painkiller.

  6. John Vane - Wikipedia

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    Sir John Robert Vane FRS (29 March 1927 – 19 November 2004) [1] was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors.

  7. List of drugs by year of discovery - Wikipedia

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    The following is a table of drugs organized by their year of discovery. Naturally occurring chemicals in plants, including alkaloids, have been used since pre-history.In the modern era, plant-based drugs have been isolated, purified and synthesised anew.

  8. Salicylic acid - Wikipedia

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    Salicylic acid has long been a key starting material for making acetylsalicylic acid (ASA or aspirin). [8] ASA is prepared by the acetylation of salicylic acid with the acetyl group from acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride. [17] ASA is the standard to which all the other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are compared. In veterinary medicine ...

  9. World's oldest wine has been discovered with an unexpected ...

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    The world’s oldest wine has been discovered at a Roman burial site in Spain, and one thing is clear — it definitely had body.. For roughly 2,000 years, the wine has been held in a glass ...