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