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The Frog That Almost Cured Pain - The Vanishing Milligram Mystery
The Frog That Almost Cured Pain - The Vanishing Milligram Mystery
Less than one milligram of dried extract - smaller than a grain of salt - was the last physical trace of nearly two decades of fieldwork across Ecuador and the only sample that could reveal a compound two hundred times more potent than morphine. How did a tiny colorful frog that locals never used end up harboring a molecule that promised to end chronic pain, and could that molecule still be read after seventeen years in a vial?
In this episode, we follow the timeline of field collections, legal protection, and laboratory…
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