Synopsis. Gregor Mendel, known as the father of modern genetics, was born in Austria in 1822. A monk, Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his monastery's garden.
TenorminÂ® (atenolol) is a prescription medicine that has been approved to treat several conditions related to the heart and blood vessels. It is part of a class of drugs called beta blockers. Tenormin is made by IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and is marketed and distributed by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.
Tenormin (known generically as atenolol) is a beta blocker often used to control the physical symptoms of anxiety. Beta blockers are quite effective at quickly relieving certain physical anxiety symptoms, such as shaking, heart palpitations, and sweating, but they do not treat the cognitive effects of anxiety.