wonder drug

Definition of wonder drugnext

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Recent Examples of wonder drug 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 The wonder drug that still has everyone talking is the GLP-1 franchise owned by Eli Lilly , its popular weight-loss treatment Zepbound and type-2 diabetes drug Mounjaro. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Jan. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonder drug
Noun
  • But the science is clear that the miracle drug of our daily behaviors is already available to us.
    Arianna Huffington, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Pharmaceutical innovations, for example, have produced miracle drugs, but many of these therapies cost six figures and remain inaccessible to many Americans.
    Michael Johnson, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • The driver of the truck, a 40-year-old man, was not hurt and will be subject to drug and alcohol testing, which police say is standard procedure.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Such advances are particularly valuable in drug discovery, where precise molecular design is essential, as well as in the development of advanced materials and agrochemicals.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Anyone with diabetes or taking glucose-lowering medications should consult a healthcare provider before adding magnesium, berberine, or both to their management plan.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Older remedies approved to treat motion sickness include antihistamines such as dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) and meclizine (Bonine/Dramamine nondrowsy), and anticholinergics delivered via skin patch such as hyoscine (Scopolamine).
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The root cause of Cuba’s tragedy is Cuban; the remedy for Cuba will be Cuban, too.
    Ricardo Torres, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • There's no cure for C3G, but symptoms can be managed with medications or lifestyle changes.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Physicians know that vaccines aren’t the end-all cure for disease.
    Allison Ong, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Wonder drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonder%20drug. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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