wonder drug

Definition of wonder drugnext

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Recent Examples of wonder drug Sometimes dubbed wonder drugs, the injection-format medicines, which include major brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy can assist in major weight loss. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025 There’s a little bit of business about how Zora and her team will be harvesting blood from the biggest dinos of land, sea, and sky in order to create a wonder drug that will cure heart disease … and isn’t heart disease how her mother died? Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 July 2025 This class of treatment — monoclonal antibodies, special artificial proteins that carry instructions to the body’s immune system — have the potential to be a genuine all-in-one allergy wonder drug. Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025 Photo: David Yellen The first great wonder drug was insulin, the blood-sugar-regulating hormone that was isolated in Canada nearly a century ago. IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug
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Noun
  • As of now, there is no miracle drug proven to extend lifespan, healthspan, or peakspan.
    Jamie Ducharme, Health, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Its reputation as a miracle drug for animal and human disease began with its discovery in the 1970s.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But the company is monitoring how many patients increase to higher doses of the drug, particularly the 9-mg and 25-mg versions.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Minnesota legalized drug paraphernalia in 2023.
    Ashley Grams, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The defense has noted that Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, had been prescribed 15 medications in the months prior for her postpartum depression.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities later executed multiple search warrants and collected items from the home, including exercise bands, medications, electronic devices, notebooks, clothing and a knife.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Common topics of health misinformation include false claims about vaccines, promoting remedies that are not supported by science and undermining scientific understanding about the causes of different health issues.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The case initially sought remedies that could have separated Ticketmaster from Live Nation.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Let’s challenge Congress and the president to fund $100 billion in research to find a cure for breast cancer and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Right now, there is no cure, but researchers around the world are working on new treatments.
    Jon LaPook, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026

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