Science and Technology Prevention of cancer Wonder drug
科技 预防癌症 特效药
Aspirin continues to amaze
阿司匹林让人吃惊的另一面
FOR thousands of years aspirin has been humanity's wonder drug.
几千年来,阿司匹林就一直是人类的特效药。
Extracts from the willow tree have been used for pain relief in folk medicine since the time of the ancient Greeks.
从古希腊开始,在民间医药中,人们就用柳树的萃取物缓解疼痛。
By 1897 a synthetic derivative (acetyl salicylic acid) of the plant's active ingredient (salicin) was created. This allowed aspirin to become the most widely used medicine in the world.
1897年,这种植物中的有效成分的人工合成衍生物诞生了,于是阿司匹林变成了世界上应用最广泛的药品。
In recent years its benefits as a blood-thinning drug have led to it being prescribed in low doses of around 50mg to reduce deaths from stroke and heart attack.
最近几年,由于阿司匹林的防血凝功能,在用其治疗中风和心脏病的时候,剂量很小,维持在50mg的水平左右。
There were also hints that aspirin may help prevent some cancers.
也有迹象表明阿司匹林可以帮助预防一些癌症。
But these were mostly based on observational studies, which can be misleading.
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