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Humans, it seems to me, are always looking for something new to cure or at least improve, their aches and pains. All over the world, people have tried, and use, animal and plant tissues or products to accomplish health goals. Present day lists contain many, many drugs some of which are man made and some of which are not. Because scientists can define the exact chemical composition of most of these substances, what their origins are no longer matters, but still there is an interest.
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Kolff, W.J., Scribner, B.H., Starzl, T., Friedman, E.A. (1998). Always Something New. In: Strength and Compassion in Kidney Failure. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5296-9_10
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