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A website featuring more closely the field work done by Dr. Françoise Freedman in the Peruvian Amazon and the indigenous people with whom she worked. |
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Anaesthetic gel could replace dentist's needle A new anaesthetic gel made from a plant found deep in the Peruvian rainforest could replace the dentist's needle and bring relief to patients with a phobia of jabs, researchers claim ... Dr Françoise Barbira Freedman became the first westerner to be accepted into the secretive tribe's society in 1975 and has spent the past 30 years living with and visiting them. . read more> |
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Rainforest Remedy May Tackle Toothache An anesthetic gel made from a plant found in the Peruvian rainforest could revolutionize dental treatment, researchers from the University of Cambridge said Wednesday. Indigenous tribes in Peru discovered the pain-killing properties of the Acmella Oleracea plant centuries ago and used it to treat toothache, ulcers and abscesses. A Cambridge University anthropologist, Francoise Freedman, experienced the plant's pain killing properties first hand while living with the Keshwa Lamas tribe in the Amazon in 1975. read more> |
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Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds The Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds initially help fund the start of Ampika Ltd.. |
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NeuroDiscovery Ltd, a neurology-focused research and development company, was one of the early partners with Ampika to help realise its goal of producing natural healthcare medicine. |
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BBC: Medicinal Plants 'facing threat' "Over 50% of prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first identified in plants" states an article from the BBC website. The article has the following byline: "Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, according to experts." (read whole article >>) |
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Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has 150 members including the large majority of the research-based pharmaceutical companies operating in the UK, both large and small. Our member companies research, develop, manufacture and supply 90 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the National Health Service (NHS). |
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For independent pharmaceutical news in the UK and abroad. |
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James Wong, Botanic Gardens Conservation International A video interview led by BBC News speaking with James Wong, a medicinal plants expert, detailing the threat to hundreds of species of medicinal plants. Wong reports on the results of a global study that lays out the threats to medicinal plants which could be used in life-saving medicines of the future. |
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