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這個編號為UK92480的化合物
It started life as UK 92480,
來自輝瑞制藥公司的新藥倉庫
one of millions of compounds
是千百萬個化合物中的一員
in the stores at the drug company Pfizer.
當(dāng)時專家們正在尋找治療心絞痛的新
They were looking for a new drug for angina,
一種能夠放松心臟
something that would relax blood vessels
周圍血管的藥物
around the heart.
在篩查過無數(shù)的化合物之后
After screening hundreds of
他們最終鎖定了UK92480
thousands of compounds, they ended up with UK 92480.
人體實驗結(jié)果卻不盡如人意
But its trials in humans were a let-down.
正當(dāng)藥物要被重新收回倉庫時
It was about to be consigned
受試者們開始不斷索要藥片
back to the stores when the trial volunteers
并反饋一種不同尋常的副作用
started coming back and reporting an unusual side-effect -
陰莖勃起
lots of erections.
加入藥物之后 其松弛度變大
Add the drug the relaxation's
不過藥物作用曲線卻是反過來的
get larger but its trace is upside down.
通過制作人類性器官的粗略模擬模型
By making a crude mock-up of the
高級研究員克里斯·韋曼使用了
human sexual apparatus, senior scientist Chris Wayman
一種巧妙的方法來檢驗這種有趣的現(xiàn)象
found an ingenious way to test this anecdotal evidence.
這個編號為UK92480的化合物
It started life as UK 92480,
來自輝瑞制藥公司的新藥倉庫
one of millions of compounds
是千百萬個化合物中的一員
in the stores at the drug company Pfizer.
當(dāng)時專家們正在尋找治療心絞痛的新
They were looking for a new drug for angina,
一種能夠放松心臟
something that would relax blood vessels
周圍血管的藥物
around the heart.
在篩查過無數(shù)的化合物之后
After screening hundreds of
他們最終鎖定了UK92480
thousands of compounds, they ended up with UK 92480.
人體實驗結(jié)果卻不盡如人意
But its trials in humans were a let-down.
正當(dāng)藥物要被重新收回倉庫時
It was about to be consigned
受試者們開始不斷索要藥片
back to the stores when the trial volunteers
并反饋一種不同尋常的副作用
started coming back and reporting an unusual side-effect -
陰莖勃起
lots of erections.
加入藥物之后 其松弛度變大
Add the drug the relaxation's
不過藥物作用曲線卻是反過來的
get larger but its trace is upside down.
通過制作人類性器官的粗略模擬模型
By making a crude mock-up of the
高級研究員克里斯·韋曼使用了
human sexual apparatus, senior scientist Chris Wayman
一種巧妙的方法來檢驗這種有趣的現(xiàn)象
found an ingenious way to test this anecdotal evidence.