The field of drug development and therapeutics can be overwhemingly encyclopedic and vast. In Drug Delivery Systems, Dr. Kewal Jain and a team of experts select the most important, cutting-edge technologies used in drug delivery systems taking into account significant drugs, new technologies such as nanoparticles, and therapeutic applications. The chapters present step-by-step laboratory protocols following the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, offering readily reproducible results vital for pharmaceutical physicians and scientists. Concise and systematic, Drug Delivery Systems is a powerful reference tool for the hundreds of companies developing drug delivery technologies all around the world. Contains important drug discovery information INDICE: Drug delivery systems: an overview.- The Role of the Adeno-associated Virus Capsid in Gene Transfer.- Delivering small interfering RNA for noveltherapeutics.- Catheters for Chronic Administration of Drugs into Brain Tissue.- Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems: Skin Peturbation Systems.- Controlling the Release of Proteins/Peptides via the Pulmonary Route.- Engineering ProteinParticles for Pulmonary Delivery.- 2B-Trans™ technology: targeted drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier.- Drug delivery in cancer using liposomes.- pH-Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery.- Extended Release Oral Drug Delivery Technologies: Monolithic Matrix Systems.
- ISBN: 978-1-58829-891-1
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 260
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés