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1
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Wanted to create the magic bullet.

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Paul Ehrlich

2
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Paul Ehrlich originally wanted to treat which disease ?

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Syphilis

3
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Paul Ehrlich wanted to find the “magic bullet”. What is the term we now call the magic bullet, and what does it mea?

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Selective toxicity - compounds that inhibit pathogens with little to no harm to the host.

4
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Paul Ehrlich discovered ____, an arsenic derivative used to treat syphilis

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Salvarsan

5
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Gerhard Domagk discovered a red dye that inhibited ___ bacteria.

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G+