Ellen Rodger - Top Secret Science in Medicine

SECRETS IN SCIENCE THAT LED TO DISCOVERY OR DISASTER

MEDICINE

top secret science in

Ellen Rodger

medicine

top secret science in

Ellen Rodger

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Inside: Flickr: U.S. Army photo by Tom Faulkner: p. 15; RevMedX: p. 12b; Shutterstock: 1000 Words: p. 19; Adriaticfoto: p. 7; Africa Studio: pp. 23, 37; Anyaivanova: p. 24; Blamb: p. 29; Davide Calabresi: pp. 45t; Giovanni Cancemi: pp. 22, 45; CLIPAREA l Custom media: pp. 16, 44; Decade3danatomy online: p. 34; Adam Jan Figel: p. 39; Juan Gaertner: p. 36; GiroScience: p. 40; Gorodenkoff: pp. 6, 26; Image Point Fr: p. 8; Khuruzero: p. 5r; Kateryna Kon: pp. 11, 33; Lightspring: pp. 3, 41; Master Video: p. 21; MDGRPHCS: p. 32; Orange Deer studio: p. 18; Pop Paul- Catalin: p. 20; Photographee.eu: pp. 28, 4243; Science photo: pp. 38; SergeBertasiusPhotography: p. 27; Shutterstock: p.1; StockPhotosLV: pp. 1213t; Succulent: p. 25; TisforThan: p. 35; Vitstudio: p. 42; Jonathan Weiss: p. 31; Whitehoune: p. 14; Yngsa: p. 30; Wikimedia Commons: Karl-Friedrich Hcker: p. 10; Otis Historical Archives Museum of Health and Medicine: p.

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Author: Ellen Rodger

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Rodger, Ellen, author

Top secret science in medicine / Ellen Rodger.

(Top secret science)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-5994-2 (hardcover).-- ISBN 978-0-7787-6032-0 (softcover).-- ISBN 978-1-4271-2243-8 (HTML)

Medicine--Research--Juvenile literature. Drugs--Research-- Juvenile literature. Pharmacy--Research--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

R850.R63 2019 j610.72 C2018-905660-6

C2018-905661-4

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Names: Rodger, Ellen, author.

Title: Top secret science in medicine / Ellen Rodger.

Description: New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing, [2019] | Series: Top secret science | Audience: Ages 10-14. | Audience: Grades to |Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018053376 (print) | LCCN 2018054837 (ebook) | ISBN 9781427122438 (Electronic) | ISBN 9780778759942 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778760320 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Medicine--Research--Juvenile literature. | Medicine- -History--Juvenile literature. | Medical ethics--Juvenile literature. | Business and medicine--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC R130.5 (ebook) | LCC R130.5 .R63 2019 (print) | DDC 610.72--dc23

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contents

Chapter 1: The Cutting Edge

Chapter 2: Medicine and War

Chapter 3: Experimentation

Chapter 4: Brain Work

Chapter 5: Pushing the Boundaries

Chapter 6: What Next?

Be a Medical Scientist

Glossary

Learning More

I ndex and About the Author

Dollars in Pockets

Many people and companies are carrying out research to come up with treatments for the same diseases and disorders. Nobody wants their competitors to get ahead of them. Pharmaceutical , or drug, companies invest in research. This means they spend huge sums of money and years of effort researching, testing, and selling drugs. If the research leads to an effective drug or cure,

At this moment, medical scientists all over the world are working on cures for diseases that plague our planet. Surgeons are perfecting life-saving surgeries, and researchers are testing breakthrough treatments and vaccines . Medical research is expensive and time-consuming work. A new drug could take years from idea to testing and final product. That is why medical secrets are so closely guarded.

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edge

the cutting

it becomes in high demandpeople and governments will pay a lot of money for it. All of this makes research and development (R&D) in medicine a top secret science. So much is at stake. Pharmaceutical companies will go to great lengths to protect these investments. They keep their laboratories secure and do not accept anyone stealing ideas or drug formulas, or sharing trade secrets .