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How many times have we found a new medical use for an existing dye? Prontosil was a pre-penicillin antibacterial based on azo dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by joshuahaglund 3y ago
How many times have we found a new medical use for an existing dye?
Prontosil was a pre-penicillin antibacterial based on azo dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prontosil#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prontosil#History
Brilliant blue, a food coloring, was found to help repair spinal injuries https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719612/
- foobiekr 3y agoThe blue dye seems to have gone nowhere since the initial study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coomassie_brilliant_blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coomassie_brilliant_blue
- adonovan 3y agoAnd the first antibiotic was inspired by the observation that dye stuck to bacteria better than other things! See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich